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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
From what I know of the Constitution as it applies to the Electoral College, the referendum is very legal, Constitutionally speaking as it allows for individual states to determine how the electors are distributed amongst the candidates.

Retroactively i.e. ex post facto? Such laws are prohibited to the States and Feds in Article I

Gee, I dunno, Davey.

70 posted on 10/12/2004 7:07:32 PM PDT by AdamSelene235
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To: AdamSelene235
Retroactively i.e. ex post facto?

Of course that's the aspect of the whole thing that has everyone's ire. How can it be legally applied to this election? I was only commenting on the State's rights regarding the Electoral votes. I know I read somewhere recently that it was left a bit open ended by the framers.

76 posted on 10/12/2004 8:35:05 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Which Star Trek Capt. would you want for President? Picard or Kirk? In wartime, the choice is easy.)
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