MONROE — Various representatives throughout the city have recently been approached by a group of citizens dubbing themselves the Green County Constitutionalists.

John Witt of Monroe spoke to the Board of Education April 26. He read during public comment sections of a memorandum provided to the Constitutionalists from a national grassroots group called the Committee of Constitutional Enforcement. The group hopes to make known a collection of evidence of election fraud.

The results in question are that of the 2020 presidential election in which President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris defeated recumbent President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.

The group, including both local and national branches, with evidence provided by self-proclaimed American patriot and author Scott Bennet, alleges that voter fraud swayed the 2020 election, thus making the current administration illegitimate. 

Bennet said that his hope for the grassroots movement is that public officials and those who see the evidence can uncover what he views as the truth.

“It’s not about Biden or Trump, it’s about the integrity of the United States Constitution.”

However, the 236-page document of evidence provides on the second page the link to Bennet’s personal website selling books, “high quality supplements” that claim to give vitality back after the deep state took it, and Patreon subscriptions. Patreon is a subscription-based social platform. Content creators can charge for different membership levels, which then allow the member to see exclusive content.

A link to the monetized personal website can also be found on the header of each page of the memorandum.

The dropbox link for supporting items lead to a notice that the document had been deleted and multiple links promising proof, clarification or sources were broken.

After the Nov. 2020 election, which saw President Biden win 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232, and the popular vote by more than 7 million votes (4.4%), Trump and others filed dozens of lawsuits across the country citing election fraud. 

Nearly all cases were dropped by the courts due to lack of evidence, including from judges placed by Trump himself, according to a Jan. 6 article by USA Today — published hours before the insurrection by Trump loyalists at the U.S. Capitol building. In fact, of the more than 60 contest lawsuits, which went in front of 86 different judges from state courts to the U.S. Supreme Court, just one ruling went in Trump’s favor, which affected few votes in Pennsylvania and was ultimately overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Even still, the Committee of Constitutional Enforcement presses on.

“Be advised: you are hereby served legal notice. This communication, and all information requests presented here are true and accurate to the best of our beliefs, acknowledge that they are consistent with the constitution of the United States and are being presented to you respectfully and in good faith by citizens exercising their rights under the United States Constitution and in particular, the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances,” Witt said to the Board of Education.

The memorandum is addressed to “public officials” and urges an immediate response. Witt said that officials should take the information “to the proper authorities,” including the police, sheriff, district attorney or military.

Deb Krattiger then read to the Monroe Common Council sections of the same memorandum May 3. On May 18, Witt addressed Green County Sheriff Jeff Skatrud.

“Basically, what it’s saying is we believe in the God-given rights that the Constitution gives to us as We the People and we are wanting our elected officials to hold up to that,” Krattiger said.

Along with the memorandum, Witt and Krattiger provided the officials with an online document they believe to include reputable evidence of election fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election.

Witt said that not acting on the notice would be acting against 18 U.S. Codes 4 and 2382, misprision of felony and treason.

“Some officials probably don’t think ‘well what is it my job to worry about election fraud for example in Georgia or Arizona’,” Witt said. “No act on their part is also agreeing with the current election results.”

Interested members of the public can contact the Green County Constitutionalists at gcconstitutionalists@gmail.com.