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Democratic presidential electors revolt against Trump
The Politico ^ | November 22, 2016 | Kyle Cheney

Posted on 11/22/2016 3:22:47 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

At least a half-dozen Democratic electors have signed onto an attempt to block Donald Trump from winning an Electoral College majority, an effort designed not only to deny Trump the presidency but also to undermine the legitimacy of the institution.

The presidential electors, mostly former Bernie Sanders supporters who hail from Washington state and Colorado, are now lobbying their Republican counterparts in other states to reject their oaths — and in some cases, state law — to vote against Trump when the Electoral College meets on Dec. 19.

Even the most optimistic among the Democratic electors acknowledges they're unlikely to convince the necessary 37 Republican electors to reject Trump — the number they'd likely need to deny him the presidency and send the final decision to the House of Representatives. And even if they do, the Republican-run House might simply elect Trump anyway.

But the Democratic electors are convinced that even in defeat, their efforts would erode confidence in the Electoral College and fuel efforts to eliminate it, ending the body’s 228-year run as the only official constitutional process for electing the president. With that goal in mind, the group is also contemplating encouraging Democratic electors to oppose Hillary Clinton and partner with Republicans in support of a consensus pick like Mitt Romney or John Kasich....

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; electoralcollege; trump
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To: KavMan

I would agree to Eliminate the Electoral College only if Voter ID is implemented!


I wouldn’t. Do you really think Liberals are going to let a law stand in their way?


21 posted on 11/22/2016 4:13:40 AM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: Arm_Bears

Politico.


22 posted on 11/22/2016 4:14:55 AM PST by reformedliberal
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Sire, the peasants are revolting”

“You’re telling me, they stink on ice”

Mel Brooks as the King of France


23 posted on 11/22/2016 4:19:25 AM PST by HonorInPa
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well then I guess it’s a good thing more republican electors will actually be voting.


24 posted on 11/22/2016 4:20:38 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The founders decided that the electors would vote in their own states so that they would be free from undue influence, collusion and bribery which might prevail if they gathered in the capital to vote as a single body. If the democrat electors are trying to influence their colleagues outside of their states they are in conflict with the protections of the constitution. If they are trying to influence them inside their own states they are disregarding their own voters. They should be named and exposed as subversives.


25 posted on 11/22/2016 4:23:57 AM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
they're unlikely to convince the necessary 37 Republican electors to reject Trump — the number they'd likely need to deny him the presidency and send the final decision to the House of Representatives. And even if they do, the Republican-run House might simply elect Trump anyway.

My problem with all these shenanigans is they demanded the Republicans and Conservative base simply rollover and accept everything they did for the LAST EIGHT YEARS. Forget about just the election and all the fraud they use to get the popular vote...let's really consider how they are acting and have acted!

There is simply no respecting the Rule of Law for these liberal, progressive, democrats and it is time to slap their treasonous butts down.

We need to go out to the 'petition' sight and start a 'petition' to strike back at them. We need to create a whole language (like their Political Correctness Speech) that focusses on the Free Speech of Treason and what it sounds like.

26 posted on 11/22/2016 4:31:29 AM PST by EBH (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: rbg81

I wouldn’t. Do you really think Liberals are going to let a law stand in their way?


Voter ID would elinminate cheating, we would know every registered voter


27 posted on 11/22/2016 4:34:09 AM PST by KavMan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"...lobbying their Republican counterparts to reject their oaths.."

Oaths and honor mean nothing to these scumbag bastards.

28 posted on 11/22/2016 4:41:20 AM PST by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey playoffs season!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I don’t know. Much of the. Constitution has been eliminated without amendments.


29 posted on 11/22/2016 4:44:11 AM PST by freedomfiter2 (Lex rex)
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To: KavMan

Yeah, but you’d have still have liberals acting as election officials. If they’re breathing, they’re cheating.


30 posted on 11/22/2016 4:55:18 AM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: DaughterofEve

“There is so much they don’t realize...”

And so much they know that just isn’t so.


31 posted on 11/22/2016 4:58:37 AM PST by Noumenon (We owe them nothing: not respect, not loyalty, not obedience.)
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To: rbg81
Yeah, but you’d have still have liberals acting as election officials. If they’re breathing, they’re cheating. -------------------------------------------------------------- Huh? How do you cheat with Voter ID implemented? You would get special ID Card to Vote

The Computer knows every registered ID, so once you've voted, you cannot vote again

Voter ID will eliminate cheating

32 posted on 11/22/2016 5:00:40 AM PST by KavMan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And these jerks were lecturing Trump about accepting the result just a couple weeks ago. The hypocrisy is incredible!

You almost want to say that the left must lack self awareness or a capacity for shame in order to be such hypocrites, but on second thought it’s probably simple arrogance or more precisely self-righteousness. When you’re on the side of the angels you’re not bound by such lowly constraints as being consistent.


33 posted on 11/22/2016 5:05:51 AM PST by Yardstick
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To: DownInFlames

That is the sad truth. They are playing with fire. They are comfortable, because they don’t see us out rioting. But this is an obvious red line for me, and I would take action.


34 posted on 11/22/2016 5:07:38 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: DownInFlames

You’re skipping over the secession part again.


35 posted on 11/22/2016 5:09:22 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: DownInFlames

Yup. Any elector that changes his vote should be hunted down and given a strongly worded letter. </tempered response>


36 posted on 11/22/2016 5:16:00 AM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fool does not know the difference between democratic and democrat.


37 posted on 11/22/2016 5:22:49 AM PST by maddogtiger
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To: KavMan

Yeah, because it’s impossible to cheat with computers, right? [/s]


38 posted on 11/22/2016 5:29:57 AM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: rbg81
Yeah, because it’s impossible to cheat with computers, right? [/s]

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There will also be a paper trail, once you've voted, there will be a paper trail of your vote so cheating is virtually eliminated

39 posted on 11/22/2016 5:34:58 AM PST by KavMan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Only the delusional could possibly think the smaller states would give up their power so they could be ruled over by the big cities.
Not going to happen...but I suppose the unhinged left needs something to distract them from a reputation of the last 8 years.
Best election ever!!!


40 posted on 11/22/2016 5:40:49 AM PST by glasseye
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