Posted on 11/06/2016 10:40:59 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Following the news that one Bernie-Sanders-supporting electoral college voter in Washington State was vowing he would not cast his vote for Hillary Clinton if and when she wins the state’s popular vote, another electoral college voter in the state has told the Seattle Times that he isn’t sure he’ll support her either. That voter, 37-year-old Bret Chiafolo — who also supported Sanders in the primaries — told the Times that he is considering his right to be a “conscientious elector,” thus freeing himself from the responsibility of supporting Clinton. “I have no specific plans, but I have not ruled out that possibility,” he insisted.
Chiafolo said that he thinks that state laws that seek to punish electors for disregarding the popular vote are unconstitutional. He also plans to create a website in order to educate other electors on their rights and raise awareness about the Electoral College system, which he called outdated, though added that “as long as it is the law of the land we need to be honest about it and respect it.”
Clinton is widely expected to win Washington State on Election Day and thus be pledged its 12 electoral votes toward the 270 she needs to defeat Donald Trump and win the presidency. There is no constitutional requirement for Electoral College voters to support the winner of the popular vote in their state, but some states penalize such “faithless electors.” In Washington State, for instance, they would face $1,000 fines. There hasn’t been an intentionally faithless elector in a presidential contest since one voter from Washington D.C. did so in 2000 to protest the city’s lack of representation in Congress, and while no faithless electors have ever thrown a presidential election in U.S. history, never underestimate 2016’s ability to upend whatever you think is possible in American politics.
I’m praying we don’t have to rely on electors having a conscience to avoid the criminal Clinton being elected.
They used to call this “The rats jumping ship.”
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This could snowball as many of their electors probably prefer Bernie over the witch.
You’d have to be nuts to pledge anything to satan.
I hope these guys are still around to make the decision how they are going to cast their electorate vote.
Just trolling for some payola.
It is probably a ruse by the Clinton campaign just to get the ground broken up in order to plant the concept.
It's a trap. If we act like it's okay for electors to defect, then it's okay when Trump electors defect. That may be their plan - if they can't buy the election through ads or through fraud, buy the electors. At $1M each for a few swing votes, it's pocket change for one of America's leading enemies to buy the presidency. Even the Clintons, who were "dead broke" just 16 years ago, could buy a majority.
it would be a great statement on Hillarie’s unfitness for office if trump wins and in those states he does not win serval of her electoral votes refuse to vote for her because she has engaged in criminal activities that endangers the united states...
If he wants to live until the Electors vote on December 19th he better reverse himself and shut his mouth!
I would only say it AFTERWARDS!
The blue pill seems to be wearing off in some quarters.
I predict that there will eventually be enough of them that you couldn’t kill them all.
Well, the Founding Fathers envisioned the electoral college as a group of learned citizens, who would exercise independent judgement in electing a president. It has evolved into a system of political loyalists who almost always vote for their party nominee. But the Founding Fathers didn’t want direct popular election of the president.
The exposures of the corruption, sexual perversion, theft from the poor, blithe ignorance and incompetence, and contempt for labor shown by Mz Clinton, all these are eroding her support of the electors.
I support the old labor agenda, better wages and working conditions, support for small business, and anti corporate monopoly.
And so do a lot of labor electors, who know of and can work with President Trump..
And some of them are tough cookies.
TWB
At this point, what difference does it make?
This conscientious objector crap can cut both ways. Soros as much as hinted at it already. I think they are setting us up and they will put her in by flipping electors.
In 2000 Bush had only 1 electoral vote to spare and all his electors were pressured but the only elector who changed was a Gore one from DC who abstained.
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