At least 30 election deniers and 2020 fake electors serving as Trump electors this year | CNN Politics

More than a third of the 82 GOP electors picked this year to support Trump in battleground states this year are election deniers or fake electors.

In 2020 , fake electors were originally tapped before the election to serve as Trump ’s real electors from those states if he won.

But after he lost, at the behest of the Trump campaign, they signed phony certificates falsely proclaiming that he won their states.

Trump then tried to use those certificates to stay in power.

At least five of Georgia ’s 16 Republican electors are election deniers.

At least two of Pennsylvania 's GOP elector slate this year have said the 2020 election was “inaccurate and corrupted” Two of Nevada 's electors this year were fake electors from 2020 .

Nevada 's 2024 slate includes a “leading voice” in election denialism.

State Rep. Angie Sapik claimed that China had “rigged” the 2020 election and tweeted’Rage on, Patriots !” during the January 6, 2021 , insurrection.

Sapik has raised concerns about a ballot mistake in Madison that sent duplicate ballots to up to 2,000 voters last month .

Arizona has at least one avid election denier among its 11 GOP electors.