elector

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Recent Examples of elector Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk and Tyler Bowyer, Turning Point’s chief operating officer who has been charged in Arizona’s 2020 fake elector scheme, also are among the dozens of speakers. Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024 Chesebro allegedly orchestrated the plan to file the fake elector certificates, and Troupis, Trump’s attorney in Wisconsin, is accused of assisting him in organizing the fake electors. Andi Shae Napier, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Dec. 2024 Smith's team summarized how Trump pressured state and federal officials with false claims of election fraud in 2020, recruited Republican presidential electors to support him in key swing states that President Joe Biden won and then spurred a violent mob to march on the Capitol. Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025 The legislation also imposed new requirements on states to make certain that competing slates of electors were not presented to Congress, something that Mr. Trump and his allies tried to engineer in 2020. Carl Hulse, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for elector 

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“Elector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elector. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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