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To: Ikeon
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

So ... for the sake of discussion, let's suppose that investigation proves conclusively that a plurality (at least) of Georgia citizens who got off their butts and voted, voted for Donald Trump in 2020. In reality, they didn't vote for Donald Trump. They voted for Donald Trump's electors. In spite of this, the Georgia Legislature sent Joe Biden's electors to the Electoral College, where they duly voted for Joe Biden. Assuming the above, was Donald Trump actually elected (for the purposes of the 22nd Amendment) in 2020?

19 posted on 11/06/2023 2:15:01 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain
In spite of this, the Georgia Legislature sent Joe Biden's electors to the Electoral College, where they duly voted for Joe Biden. Assuming the above, was Donald Trump actually elected (for the purposes of the 22nd Amendment) in 2020?

No, of course not.

Not that anyone cares about the Constitutional structure of the government any more - BUT - State Legislatures are the sole and final authority over appointment of Electors. This is for a reason - to keep the government in power out of the process.

The Legislatures of Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia were perfectly free to meet and appoint electors, or, alternatively, to meet, debate, and file objections with the President of the Senate - and of all six Legislatures, all with Republican majorities - not one did so.

25 posted on 11/06/2023 3:49:49 PM PST by Jim Noble (The future belongs to those who show up)
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