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To: calenel

He is partially correct, but mostly wrong. The actual Constitutional remedy is that the House of Representatives through state caucuses chose the POTUS, just like the Constitution says.

“. The
Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the
President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole
Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than
one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of
Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately
chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person
have a Majority, then from the fi ve highest on the List
the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President.
But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by
States, the Representation from each State having one Vote;
A quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or
Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of
all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case,
after the Choice of the President, the Person having the
greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice
President. But if there should remain two or more who
have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.]*”


57 posted on 12/10/2020 4:25:07 PM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign! )
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To: Jim from C-Town

Complicated.
Please simplify: does President Trump get four more years or not?


62 posted on 12/10/2020 4:31:51 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jim from C-Town

That’s only if there is no majority of electors when the EC votes. The House votes by state, one vote per state, with 27 House delegations dominated by Republicans.

The Texas suit challenges the results of the elections in states that violated the Constitution. If those elections are tossed, then t is up to the state legislatures to select electors or to punt. We need them to select electors for Trump, otherwise Biden still has a majority of the appointed electors (if the SCOTUS “de-appoints” the Biden slates). There is still plenty of monkey business that can occur, intimidation of state legislators, rogue Reps, challenges to electors, etc. The chaos is far from over.


77 posted on 12/10/2020 5:00:59 PM PST by calenel (Tree of Liberty is thirsty.)
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