It’s a lot more fraudulent when you realize who they thought counted the electors.
Pence.
So whatever the state legislators or anyone else thought is irrelevant. They thought they’d get recognized because Pence would help them.
Fraud all the way.
Wrong.
The VP does NOT count the elector votes.
The vote is counted by a congressional committee, and all the VP does is certify the congressional count.
And the documents sent to congress to count, can not be forged.
{...
Each state and the District of Columbia produces two documents to be forwarded to Congress, a
certificate of ascertainment and a
certificate of vote. A
certificate of ascertainment is an official document that identifies the state's appointed
College electors and the tally of the final popular vote count for each candidate in that state
[2] in a
presidential election;
[3][4] the certificate of ascertainment is submitted after an election by the
governor of each state to the
archivist of the United States[5][6] and others,
[7] in accordance with
3 U.S.C. §§ 6–14[8][9] and the
Electoral Count Act.
[10][11] Within the United States' electoral system, the certificates "[represent] a crucial link between the popular vote and votes cast by electors".
[12] The certificates must bear the
state seal and the governor's signature. Staff from the
Office of the Federal Register ensure that each certificate contains all legally required information.
[13] When each state's appointed electors meet to vote (on the first Monday after the second Wednesday of December),
[4] they sign and record their vote on a
certificate of vote,
[9][11] which are then paired with the certificate of ascertainment, which together are sent to be opened and counted by congress.
The
12th Amendment mandates Congress assemble in joint session to count the electoral votes and declare the winners of the election.
[15]
...}
