In New Mexico, state Attorney General Hector Balderas this week sent a clear message that his office takes seriously attempts to falsify electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump.
Joe Biden won New Mexico by nearly 100,000 votes, but that didn’t stop Trump’s true-believers from pretending otherwise under the noxious smoke of conspiracy about widespread voter fraud. While the state continues to investigate, Balderas has referred the matter to federal authorities.
It’s also a course taken last week by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Michigan went for Biden by more than 150,000 votes, but that didn’t stop Republicans from generating an alternate slate of electors for Trump.
Nessel told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, “Under state law, I think clearly you have forgery of a public record, which is a 14-year offense, and election law forgery, which is a five-year offense.”
Nessel alleged what she called a “coordinated effort” by the Republican Party in battleground states. Nevada, it’s become clear, played a role in that effort. Documents obtained under the Freedom Information Act by American Oversight show seven states took part in the 2020 fake electors ruse and mailed their versions to the National Archives.
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