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To: TrueFact
This is what you said...
If a state is taken out of the election the 270 is no longer the magic number.
There is your faulty premise!

Here is another factually inaccurate statement...

The new magic number would be half of the new total of all electoral votes. So 536 less the state electoral votes that got disqualified. E.g. Pa gets disqualified with its 20 electoral votes.
That's BS! NO State is going to be disqualified of their electoral votes. One way or another EVERY State will have qualified their Electors when it is time to vote. (like through the State legislature)

So the total electoral count goes to 516. So to win, a candidate must have half of 516 plus one: 259.
You predicate your statement on the lie you just told!

I’m telling the Constitutional rule.

Well pony that sh|t up! Show me, don't tell me!
If you're so sure of your position then document it!

734 posted on 11/10/2020 8:40:00 AM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: philman_36

What is the matter with you? I’ve never said a state WOULD be disqualified! You are just picking a fight over a hypothetical. I’ll try again: IF a state ends up getting disqualified (I can not find an instance where IN FACT that has occurred - thus it would be a matter of first impression) then the total available electoral votes would go down. Then the Constitutional provisions still apply, specifically the 12th amendment. The Civil War era holds the closest analogy.

Since such a scenario would disenfranchise a lot of citizens it would be heavily litigated.

Is that enough sauce for you? By the way, where do you the right to call anyone on this board a liar especially when we are all trying to dig in good faith to find info to help our cause? Shame on you. You sound like a democrat. So just knock it off and let’s get back to work. WWG1WGA


808 posted on 11/10/2020 9:59:43 AM PST by TrueFact (It's always darkest right before the dawn.)
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