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To: Owen; Be Careful; Mount Athos; Steely Tom; eaglestar; SSS Two; fruser1; Vaquero; TexasGator; ...

Doesn’t matter who won the popular vote. The Electoral College system - superior to the “popular vote” because it implements our decentralized, republican form of government so that NY & California cannot decide every election - is set in place by the Constitution (Art II, Sec 1, Cl 2-4) and CANNOT be LEGALLY changed without a Constitutional Amendment.

Don’t let the Leftist screams and shouts drown out the simple fact that this is a constitutional issue. Their screams and shouts are not a Constitutional Amendment so they amount to nothing.

If fraud is found in the tally of a particular state, that is another story especially if it changes the majority vote in the state because that will affect the electoral vote.


56 posted on 11/13/2016 10:31:08 AM PST by Jim W N
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To: Jim 0216

Jim 0216 ... I think you’ve misunderstood this thread. We all understand the role of the electoral college. No one believes that the popular vote has any impact on the results of the election.


57 posted on 11/13/2016 10:35:56 AM PST by SSS Two
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To: Jim 0216

There is rationale that is compelling. The Founding Fathers awarded some small extra power to . . . essentially farmland. Farming is just as important to society as people, in those days. Probably more important than some people. You can’t have people living on cropland or it would not be cropland.

Similarly, all that oil in North Dakota, few people live there but the oil is vital, a lot more vital than most in cities. The FF awarded some minor extra power to small states, and none of those states will ever approve a constitutional amendment to remove their power. And so no such amendment will pass.


66 posted on 11/13/2016 11:18:34 AM PST by Owen
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To: Jim 0216

Let them knock themselves out and let soros spend his ill gotten gains.

I have a feeling putin (yes, I KNOW he’s an assassin and KGB) and Trump have plans for soros.

I think putin will be some trouble at some point but for now let’s just get rid of the jihadis once and for all.


69 posted on 11/13/2016 11:50:14 AM PST by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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