Ten Republicans who posed as fake electors for Donald Trump in Wisconsin and filed paperwork falsely saying he had won have settled a civil lawsuit.

Under the agreement, the fake electors acknowledged that Biden won the state, withdrew their filings and agreed not to serve as presidential electors in 2024 or any other election where Trump is on the ballot.

The 10 fake electors agreed to send a statement to the government offices that received the Electoral College votes saying that their actions were “part of an attempt to improperly overturn the 2020 presidential election results.”

The settlement marks the first time that any Trump electors have revoked their filings sent to Congress purporting that Trump had won in seven battleground states. Nevada on Wednesday became the third state to criminally charge fake electors, following Georgia and Michigan. Trump faces charges in Georgia and in a federal investigation of his conduct related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      1 year ago

      I didn’t’ make the rules… but if some black kid can loose his voting rights for a weekend’s stash of weed, these guys can loose it for overthrowing their lawful government.

      (on the whole, I agree felons shouldn’t loose their voting rights. or maybe not permanently. willing to talk about that)

      • sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 year ago

        Not all laws are just. Sometimes our society and government must make corrections to unjust laws (see your example of weed possession). If a felon is a victim of an unjust law then stripping off them of their right to vote silences a crucial voice in making these corrections.

        It also opens the door to persecution, creating and enforcing laws that target undesirables, removing their voting rights to further a political agenda or garner political power.

        Further, it’s another example of how the American penal system is punitive and not rehabilitative.

        It’s best not to decide what citizens can and can not vote based on specialized criteria because who decides that criteria?

        • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          1 year ago

          Gonna preface this with “I have no answers”- because I don’t.

          You’re quite right. On the other hand, however, if they can still vote despite being insurrectionists… they can vote for people who enable and agree with their assholery.

          While the entire system needs to be scrapped, I’m perfectly okay with fascists dumb enough to go so far as actual, bonafide, insurrection losing their ability to vote.