[direwolf]

I realize that Trump won't be held accountable for any of this crap, but this kind of thing has to be highly illegal. Same with his phone calls to state canvassers and his WH meeting with Michigan GOP lawmakers a couple weeks ago.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...FPrAhwbLywOqO8

President Trump called Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) on Saturday morning to urge him to persuade the state legislature to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state and asked the governor to order an audit of absentee ballot signatures, the latest brazen effort by the president to interfere in the 2020 election.




Hours before he was scheduled to hold a rally in Georgia on behalf of the state’s two GOP senators, Trump pressed Kemp to call a special session of the state legislature to get lawmakers to override the results and appoint electors that would back him, according to a person familiar with the conversation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private call. He also asked the governor to demand an audit of signatures on mail ballots, something Kemp has previously noted he has no power to do.



Kemp declined the entreaty from Trump, according to the person.


The governor later referenced his conversation with Trump in a midday tweet, noting that he told the president that he’d already publicly advocated for a signature audit.



Cody Hall, Kemp’s spokesman, confirmed the two men spoke. Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh declined to comment.

Even if officials audited signatures on ballot envelopes, it would be impossible to match them with the ballots themselves, which are separated from envelopes during processing to protect voters’ privacy, as required in the Georgia Constitution.



Kemp has requested that Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger conduct an audit, but his office has also made clear that the governor has no power to order such a move.



“Georgia law prohibits the governor from interfering in elections. The Secretary of State, who is an elected constitutional officer, has oversight over elections that cannot be overrriden by executive order,” Kemp’s spokesman said several days ago in response to Trump’s public demands.



Kemp has also said that he will not call for a special session of the legislature.



Lawyers for Raffensperger have determined that current law gives Georgia legislators no role in seating electors.