• zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      "Faithless Electors" was the Dem dream in 2016. Didn't quite work out then. But I'm excited to see how many Collin Powell votes are cast this year.

    • russianattack [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      the goal was to wreck the EC not necessarily get hillary elected, but to have the house decide the election and bypass the EC

      • VeebaJeeba [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I think he’s talking about the DNC in court after being sued for fucking Sanders where they said they don’t have to honor what voters want because they’re a private organization.

  • T_Doug [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Dems tried the same thing after 2016, only it was arguably even less democratic because they wanted electors from Trump states to unite with Clinton electors, and make someone like Colin Powell President.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z0iuWh3sek

    Advocating for this is clearly a sign of desperation, though if Biden only wins 270 ec votes it might work, because only one faithless Biden elector would be enough to make the house decide.

    Though, again it's stupid to expect mass defections because electors are selected by the winning party in each state.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      Though, again it’s stupid to expect mass defections because electors are selected by the winning party in each state.

      Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress; but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States shall be appointed an Elector.

      I think the theory here is that the Penn legislature can do a quicky-rewrite of the state rules for designating electors before they're officially sworn in.

  • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    There are people I hate more, people I think are more dangerous, but nobody makes me want to punch their fucking face in as much as levin