“You can’t have your Democrat ticket disqualified and then just have the EC vote in another Democrat.”
Wishful thinking. First, the “ticket” won’t be disqualified; the “ticket” has no Constitutional significance. Second, the electors can vote for whom they please, whether or not a candidate is determined to be disqualified. Therefore, they can vote for whom they please if Obama is disqualified, and if they decide to vote for Hillary Clinton, there is nothing to be done about it.
The post-electoral college process is different. If the President-elect is disqualified, then Congress must choose a President from the other(s) who received electoral votes, up to a limit of three. If the electoral college vote goes as expected, that will leave only John McCain; if one of the electors casts a vote for Hillary Clinton, it will leave a choice between McCain and Clinton.
Wishful thinking!
When Obama is DQ’d, the EC will only have McCain to vote for since he is the only other candicate to recieve electoral votes. Thus, McCain wins 538 - 0.
If it gets to the stage where The House votes, they would only have McCain to vote for.
So then, the electors can vote for ANYONE, even someone who never advanced to the level of the public election?
That’s rather frightening.
Does anyone have any idea how many electors are registered Democrats and how many are Republicans?