Election Integrity Watchdog Amistad Project: Dec. 8 deadline for selection of electors does not apply to disputed states

ARLINGTON, Virginia – In a white paper released Friday, Dec. 4, The Amistad Project of the non-partisan Thomas More Society argued that the current Electoral College deadlines are both arbitrary and a direct impediment to states’ obligations to investigate disputed elections.

The authoritative research paper breaks down the history of Electoral College deadlines and makes clear that this election’s Dec. 8 and Dec. 14 deadlines for the selection of electors, the assembly of the Electoral College and the tallying of its votes, respectively, are not only elements of a 72-year-old federal statute...