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Which states? Which books? Uhhhh ...
I am aware of Hawaii in 1960 (as I am certain Ms. Collins also is). In short, the vote tally had Nixon beating Kennedy in Hawaii by 140 votes. One, Hawaii's three electoral votes would not have changed the outcome of the election; Kennedy won handily without them. Two, the recount flipped the state in Kennedy's favor. Three, Hawaii in 1960 is "the only legal precedent for dueling Electoral College slates since the Electoral Count Act passed in 1887." There have never been any other dueling slates of electors in any other states, nor in any other election years.
Ron Johnson is a liar.
And the only reason Hawaii did it was because the slates were due before the recounts would be finished.
They sent two official slates of electors knowing that by the time the count was due, the results would be known and the losing slate would be invalidated.
Yeah I feel like this is the important bit. Has it happened? Yes and no. Yes, because two slates were sent, but no because there was never a plan to submit the incorrect slate. It was literally a CYA procedure to make sure they weren’t holding things up by having sent the wrong slate.
Johnson lies constantly. The only reason he isn't treated like George Santos is he is not so stupid as to make his lies completely non-credible to everyone.
That and he hasn't stolen from Republicans. Republicans didn't seem to care about Santos' lies or fraud until it turned out that he stole from the Republican party. Then, suddenly, his lies and fraud were a big deal and needed to be punished.