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Alternative-Flan2869 t1_iyak02w wrote

Reply to comment by MonkeyPanls in At least 2 Pennsylvania counties fail to certify election results by deadline by BoggyRob

So elected officials have immunity? They are allowed to break the law by obstruction? Only benedict donald gets away with that.

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MonkeyPanls t1_iyalcec wrote

What do you mean "immunity"? A political trial (impeachment/conviction by the legislature) is the consequence.

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IamChantus t1_iyap2tg wrote

What law are they breaking?

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Hopeful_Scholar398 t1_iychjmc wrote

Obstructing an election?

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IamChantus t1_iyczx8d wrote

Their actions may or may not be against the law. Have you checked the statutes to see if that fits or if it's even on the books?

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Hopeful_Scholar398 t1_iyd2suh wrote

No, but if politicians stopping elections from proceeding isn't illegal then at that point, I feel, we would need to act outside of the law. Politicians cannot hold election results hostage.

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IamChantus t1_iyd5doa wrote

I agree with you in the broad sense that while it might not be criminally illegal, it certainly should be.

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Hopeful_Scholar398 t1_iydclyn wrote

Yeah whether criminal charges COULD be levied I honestly don't know. But obviously we can't allow partisan politicians to decide what elections they want to count.

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