State GOP Lawmakers Call on Congress Members to Back Elector Challenge

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen at night in Washington on Dec. 17, 2020. Erin Scott/Reuters

Republican lawmakers in Mississipi, South Carolina and Alabama are lobbying fellow Republicans in U.S. Congress to block presidential electors from contested states during the Electoral College vote count on Jan. 6.

A group of 30 South Carolina state representatives sent a letter to senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) asking them to join a challenge being planned by Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.). Rep. Stewart Jones shared the letter on Facebook on Dec. 21, urging the senators to join Brooks in “calling for a full congressional investigation into voting irregularities and to reject the electors from contested states!”