COLORADO, USA — A panel of Colorado legislators on Monday advanced a bill to penalize "fake electors."
As introduced, the legislation would have penalized creating a "false" slate of electors, serving as an elector in that false slate, and conspiring to create or serve in that slate. Colorado's current statutes do not explicitly outline penalties for such acts.
As amended, House Bill 1150 defined these specific actions as perjury and forgery, punishable by a fine of no greater than $10,000. The amendment also removed the possibility of jail time for an individual convicted of the offense relating to false electors.
Sponsors said the bill seeks to prevent the scenario that occurred immediately after the 2020 election, in which a slate of "electors" — not the individuals officially designated by the political parties from each state — signed certificates claiming that Trump, who lost to Joe Biden, won in their states.
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