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Hmm, interesting....
1 posted on 11/05/2020 9:31:41 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

I also read that.


2 posted on 11/05/2020 9:33:05 AM PST by Tennessee Conservative
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That's true. State legislatures, if need be, can choose the EC electors for their respective states.

The Dems know that. They know everything about all the election laws. Nevertheless, the Dems are still desperately going to make things as miserable as possible for President Trump. TDS. Does any sane person on Earth think the Dems would do otherwise during this election year?

7 posted on 11/05/2020 9:37:05 AM PST by gw-ington
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Georgia too.


11 posted on 11/05/2020 9:38:07 AM PST by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor)
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“The State Legislatures of AZ, PA, MI are all GOP, they can name Electors.”

Wisconson too.


12 posted on 11/05/2020 9:38:35 AM PST by ScottfromNJ
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This may be an option, but it should be one of last resort, and considered very carefully. The precedent it sets could lead to (1) terrible, terrible future abuse of the entire electoral process on both sides, and (2) the inevitable manipulation of the “optics” of it by an apostate press that will use it to stoke the anger of the half of the country that hates the president. This is scary, scary stuff.


15 posted on 11/05/2020 9:41:06 AM PST by wetickel
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I dont put faith in wild last ditch scenarios. It gets that far, we’re over with.


16 posted on 11/05/2020 9:41:25 AM PST by KobraKai
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Bingo!


17 posted on 11/05/2020 9:45:06 AM PST by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING)
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Very interesting indeed......Time to do a little research of the Federalists papers and writings of the day and find the “intent”....Constitutionally wise
23 posted on 11/05/2020 9:49:31 AM PST by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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Hello? I mentioned this yesterday. Was it here or on Parler....?


24 posted on 11/05/2020 9:49:32 AM PST by BigEdLB (BigedLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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Roberts would likely step in to stop all legal challenges at that point. Not saying that’s good. Just saying that’s what he would do.


26 posted on 11/05/2020 9:50:35 AM PST by The Accused
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Let’s do it. America is over, it is time to move on. We haven’t had truly honest elections in a very long time. Let’s get our President re-elected, then I have four more years to get ready for the necessary American divorce.

The alternative, is to accept Communism, which I will never do.


28 posted on 11/05/2020 9:51:45 AM PST by rigelkentaurus
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If there is widespread evidence of fraud in Senate races, could state legislators also declare those void? It's obvious for example that John James is being robbed, so at minimum the MI legislature should challenge the legitimacy of Peters retaining his seat.

That could go to SCOTUS and at least set a precedent that would give momentum to those of us who support repealing the 17th Amendment.

29 posted on 11/05/2020 9:52:57 AM PST by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor)
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The Constitution says in case of election disputes that bar automatic determination of Electors...

Wouldn't the courts have to declare the disputes enough to bar determination? Trump claiming that it was rigged is probably not enough to trigger that I would assume. And Trump's track record in the courts this week has not been very successful.

32 posted on 11/05/2020 9:56:34 AM PST by Lower Deck
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here you all go! Just looked it up
34 posted on 11/05/2020 10:03:10 AM PST by BigEdLB (BigedLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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“The Constitution says in case of election disputes that bar automatic determination of Electors, the State Legislatures will determine the respective State Electors.”

The Constitution says no such thing. It says:

“Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors...”


35 posted on 11/05/2020 10:03:30 AM PST by wny
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“They” know that, too. Too much opportunity to mess with it, and too much time to get ready.

Send a note to your friendly Senator, if you have one. Tell them to insist on FEDERAL MARSHALLS with search warrants of these counting centers for fraudulent ballots.


42 posted on 11/05/2020 10:17:38 AM PST by HeadOn (Love God. Lead your family. Be a man.)
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My opinion is that modern FBI tech can find ballots which don’t each have telltale evidence of being handled by a unique voter.

If you gave the FBI those ballot dumps, and if you watched them closely and assured them that there were test cases in the stack which they had better jolly well find you could IMHO conclusively detect mass-produced Biden ballots.


46 posted on 11/05/2020 10:25:28 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (Socialism is cynicism directed towards society and - correspondingly - naivete towards government.)
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State legislatures have always had the authority and power to name electors autonomously. However, if they opt for elections via statute, the Feds have enormous influence on the process.

And there’s no way a legislature can overturn a “legal” vote and appoint electors contrary to the outcome of that vote.

No way.


47 posted on 11/05/2020 10:28:26 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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One possibility is that one or two states may decide NOT to send electors for either candidate -- so neither one has the required 270 EVs.

That means the election goes to the House in a state-by-state election, where I believe the GOP controls more states.

48 posted on 11/05/2020 10:32:36 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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Wow. Constitutionally-speaking, this is absolutely a valid strategy. No one could stop it.
But is it a good idea? Don’t know. It would be the Mother of All Bombs, a first strike nuclear bomb, an order of magnitude beyond stacking the Supreme Court. I can’t even imagine the drama that would ensue if we go this route. Can you imagine the insane amount of pressure on some dude representing a rural district in PA or WI? The bribery? Establishing a precedent that could make voting for a President meaningless? Suddenly, state assemblies become the most powerful entities on the planet? Imagine the money flowing in to their campaigns. Billions! Mind-boggling.
On the other hand, a President Kamala would be disastrous in every way imaginable.
This decision is in every respect the equivalent of Truman deciding whether or not to drop the atomic bombs. No doubt. Not dropping them would’ve caused another 2 m. deaths including US soldiers and Japanese soldiers and civilians. Dropping them caused a lot of civilian deaths and opened the nuclear genie bottle and resultant arms race. It changed the course of the future. And for the record, I think Truman made the right call. He had to do it.
But going nuclear in the Presidential Election would be even more momentous. I think it could rip the USA apart. But maybe we have to do it. I’m leaning this direction, for sure. Kamala set free seems like an existential threat, too.
But...damn. We ain’t seen nothin’ yet.


51 posted on 11/05/2020 10:44:16 AM PST by 2big2fail
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