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WASHINGTON 鈥� While a dozen senators have stated their plans to object when members of Congress meet today to count and confirm the Electoral College votes, the 老澳门开奖结果 sent a letter urging Congress to oppose the efforts, led by President Trump, to trample the will of the American electorate. The 老澳门开奖结果's position today is consistent with its position after the 2000 election, when it did not support efforts to block Congress from counting Florida's Electoral College votes for George W. Bush, despite disagreement with the Supreme Court's decision in Bush v. Gore.

According to Sonia Gill, senior legislative counsel at the 老澳门开奖结果:

鈥淢embers of Congress who violate their constitutional oath to protect and defend the Constitution by wrongly objecting to state-certified electoral votes will inflict lasting damage to our republic and to our democratic norms of self-governance. This effort is illegitimate and based on false allegations of voter fraud 鈥� a trope used throughout our country鈥檚 history to target the voting rights and political power of racial minorities. Despite over 60 legal challenges that were filed to subvert the will of the people, the courts, federal and state, have been unanimous: Our legal system cannot be used to steal an election.

鈥淭he people have voted 鈥� even amidst a pandemic and despite deliberate barriers to the polls. Now, it鈥檚 time for members of Congress to do their job and, in accordance with the Constitution, count the votes for president and vice president that have been certified by the states. Voters 鈥� not the courts and not Congress 鈥� decide elections.鈥�

As the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 letter to Congress concludes, 鈥淭he political posturing by members of Congress in rejecting state-certified election results threatens the rule of law and the very foundation of democracy itself. Congressman John Lewis cautioned in his final words to the nation that democracy is not a guarantee. We can lose it. Members of Congress are oath-bound by the Constitution to uphold our system of self-government and reject this extraordinarily dangerous effort to destabilize the United States鈥� democratic system.鈥�

The letter is available here: /letter/aclu-electoral-college-letter