[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 6, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E15]
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               ELECTION IRREGULARITIES CANNOT BE IGNORED

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 6, 2021

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, I rise to support the 
objection. People across the United States are rightfully concerned 
about the mishandling of their votes and irregularities in the 2020 
federal election. I share this concern given the incredible 
irregularities, additionally because the Constitution provides that 
election laws are the sole jurisdiction of state legislators which must 
be maintained, and not to be changed by obscure unilateral and judicial 
abuse with unfounded defiance of state laws. As a nation of laws, 
violence must never be excused by any one for any reason.
  As a former Lexington County Election Commissioner, not just as a 
Member of Congress, I am disgusted at the irregularities in the 2020 
presidential election. The failure to validate signatures, the omission 
of witnesses, the interruption of counting before completion, the 
denial of poll watchers for access to fully observe, the extension of 
ballots received beyond Election Day, and the registration of illegal 
aliens, allowing non-citizens to vote, are all an open invitation for 
fraud. I had counted on courts to fully consider lawsuits by 18 states 
and 126 members of Congress, but the Courts have declined to act.
  In four states, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, the 
authority of the state legislatures to enact election rules and 
procedures, which is delegated by Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of 
the Constitution was unlawfully subverted. This is an unconstitutional 
act.
  For these reasons, I will object to certification of the Electoral 
College.

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