Governor Kemp Cannot Prevent the Georgia Legislature from Choosing Presidential Electors

On Monday, Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp and Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan issued a joint statement in which they rejected a request from some state senators for the calling of a special session of the state legislature for the purpose of the choosing presidential electors.

The press release contains bluster about United States and Georgia law barring the legislature from selecting electors of the legislature’s choice. However, the reality is, as I explained in a November 10 article, the US Constitution provides state legislatures with plenary power to select electors for the Electoral College, and there is nothing governors, lieutenant governors, or state laws can constitutionally do to prevent the exercise of that power.

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