Republican leaders in four critical states won by U.S. president-elect Joe Biden say they won't participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state's electors to vote for President Donald Trump. Such a move would violate state law and a vote of the people, several noted. The idea loosely involves Republican-controlled legislatures dismissing Biden's popular vote wins in their states and opting to select Trump electors. "Under Article 2 of the Constitution, presidential electors are done by the legislatures and the schemes they create and the framework. In Michigan, legislative leaders say any intervention would be against state law.

Source: CBC News November 14, 2020 23:03 UTC