Crash Course: Pro-Trump officials could face "severe" punishments if they refuse to certify election

"The threat of disruption looms large in this year’s election" — but anti-certification efforts likely to backfire Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRopFlDP0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdGY0anp2cjNzNi8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9OWtsZ3RrMnlzNSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmu0PUwWbEwVu5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRopFlDP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcWgzMzQxdW1ocS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9OWtsZ3RrMnlzNVcDc3BjQgpmu0PUwWbEwVu5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRopFlDP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZGRhcmk3bzM2dC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9OWtsZ3RrMnlzNVcDc3BjQgpmu0PUwWbEwVu5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRopFlDP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMjAycHc5NTE0Zy8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9OWtsZ3RrMnlzNVcDc3BjQgpmu0PUwWbEwVu5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRopFlDP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdTc2ejI5YnFrei8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9OWtsZ3RrMnlzNVcDc3BjQgpmu0PUwWbEwVu5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRopFlDP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZGd1d2tkOW94aC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9OWtsZ3RrMnlzNVcDc3BjQgpmu0PUwWbEwVu5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~ Experts: Pro-Trump officials could face "severe" punishments if they refuse to certify election Pro-Trump local election officials may try to slow down the certification of election results in November based on unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud – but legal experts say those efforts alone won’t secure the White House for the former president. Instead, legal experts say they’re more concerned about the role of state legislatures and the Trump-friendly Supreme Court coming to Trump's aid as he sows the kind of discord and doubt in the nation’s electoral processes that preceded the violence of the riot in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. 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