July 9, 2022 🟡 Significant

Trump demands Wisconsin 'turn over the Election' after drop-box ruling

One day after the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that most absentee ballot drop boxes were illegal, Trump posted on Truth Social that the ruling meant Wisconsin should "RECLAIM the Electors" and "turn over the Election to the actual winner," referring to himself despite having lost the state to Joe Biden. The post was addressed directly to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, telling him he "has a decision to make." Wisconsin's 2020 result had already been certified for Biden and confirmed through recounts and multiple reviews. Nonpartisan election attorneys said no legal mechanism existed to decertify a state's already-certified electors, and the post came roughly 20 months after Election Day.