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To: Dr. Franklin
"...to go forward to basically take the power back from the secretary of state and put it in the state legislature to put forward the electors?”

There is no taking back anything the Governor & SOS a power they 'never' had. They were acting as legislative proxies in the appointment of electors.

All the legislature needs to do is declare/invoke their Constitution authority to appoint electors.

It's just simply saying to the Governor and SOS... "Playtime's over. You abused your trust. Now the adults will take it from here."
16 posted on 11/27/2020 11:40:32 AM PST by Bellagio
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To: Bellagio
There is no taking back anything the Governor & SOS a power they 'never' had.

The power was delegated to the Commonwealth's voters through an election. The SoS was empowered by statute to administer that election and the governor empowered by statute to certify the results of the election. Should the legislature now appoint the electors themselves, there could be a problem if the governor certifies a different slate of electors and forwards it to Congress. The U.S. Constitution states that the state legislatures determine how state's electors are choosen, but federal statutory law states that if two slates of electors are submitted, the slate certified by the governor is preferred by Congress.
20 posted on 11/27/2020 11:48:34 AM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it.")
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