[DBrow]

The individual electors have the responsibility? So someone tagged to be in the Electoral College can say no, not this guy, he’s not eligible?

What an interesting can of worms that opens!

[AU72]

Of course the democrat Electors chosen are the most trustworthy apparatchiks.

[MrB]

This has been the shell game all along,
anyone that has brought the topic up has been kicked out of court for “lack of standing”.

The electors definitely should have “standing” to demand proof of eligibility.

[chopperman]

This is what his lawyers have been arguing in the courts all along. And the federal courts have bought into it. Its a flaw in the Constitution that he’s taken advantage of.

An electoral college is never going to disqualify the winner of a Presidential election because the majority of that body is already committed to vote the winner in.

[Jacquerie]

Not quite. Article II Section 1: "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number or Senators and Representatives . . . "

Check your online state election law. In my state of FL, the law assumes candidates of the political parties are eligible. FWIW, in most States, George Washington was elected by direct votes from State legislators.

The following from Obama's lawyers is pure bull: Presidential electors and Congress, not the state of Georgia, hold the constitutional responsibility for determining the qualifications of presidential candidates

[yldstrk]

I thought the Electoral College would straighten it out in 2008 but no one had any courage