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To: Joe Miner

If the recounts aren’t done. Two things can happen the respective legislatures could reward the electoral votes as they see fit or those electoral votes are subtracted from the total. I think its about 30 electoral voters if they are not counted then the new total is 538 - 30 = 508 electoral votes. The new winning number would then be 254 + 1 = 255 electoral votes. Trump still wins since he has 306 - 30 = 276. In my world 276 is greater then 255!

Regarding the state legislatures rewarding the votes as they see fit. In all 3 states the GOP controls the legislature so them going to Hellary is highly unlikely. I guess one can make a “tin foil hat” argument and claim it is.


47 posted on 11/29/2016 5:18:35 PM PST by Reily
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To: Reily

12th Amendment:
“the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed.”

If the Dems tie up all three states (MI-16, WI-10, and PA-20), so they can’t appoint their electors, they will argue that there are 538 Electoral Votes and Trump doesn’t have 270.

The problem in the legislatures is how many of the Republican members are GOPe?


65 posted on 11/29/2016 5:38:48 PM PST by Yulee (Village of Albion)
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