The new penalties are part of a larger effort by Republicans to criminalize people involved in the election process, using Trump's continually repeated lies of election fraud as a justification.
Since the 2020 election, 26 states have enacted, expanded or increased the severity of 120 election-related criminal penalties, according to an analysis by States Newsroom of state legislation and data from the Voting Rights Lab.
Despite renewed attention in Washington on the fake electors, the vast majority of people involved in the scheme have so far escaped scrutiny. But now the full list is available.
As the January 6th mob approached the Senate chamber and Secret Service agents hustled Mike Pence out, rioters who wanted to kill Pence came within 40 feet of succeeding.