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To: All; CottonBall
I know I will not be popular with some people here after I say this.

Constitution Article ll

Clause 2 Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

Clause 3 The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. 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;

Vice President Pence has NO OTHER authority but to follow what is put in the Constitution. I think what Rand Paul said is correct. If these Electors are contested then that could very well be the end of the ELECTORAL COLLAGE. Then it would always be by popular vote and do we want that? It is up to US to make the changes in each of our STATES.

2,774 posted on 01/06/2021 7:44:51 PM PST by Spunky
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To: Spunky

What do you think it was that Trump was indicating Pence should do?


2,791 posted on 01/06/2021 7:52:56 PM PST by CottonBall (COVID -1984)
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To: Spunky

thanks Spunky.


2,815 posted on 01/06/2021 8:03:13 PM PST by Rusty0604 (2020 four more years!)
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