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Particularly in light of the Guarantee Clause of Article 4 Section 4, which not only guarantees a “republican form of government” rather than a rogue, totalitarian one ...

Strange as it may seem, in the U.S. Constitution there is no requirement for states to let voters participate in a presidential election. At least 7 of the original 13 states chose their electors through some method other than a popular election, such as having the electors selected by the legislature or appointed by the governor.

The Constitution isn't kidding when it says: "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors (etc.) ..."

45 posted on 07/20/2021 12:44:45 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere.")

You’re omitting state law and the requirements thereof now, as well as ignoring the Tenth Amendment. Also, there’s a difference between being a “faithless elector” and a fraudulent one.

Did you look up what happened in “Bleeding Kansas” yet?

46 posted on 07/20/2021 1:00:24 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)