Posted on 12/03/2016 8:00:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Four of Colorado's nine Electoral College electors plan to challenge a state law that would prevent a long-shot bid to keep President-elect Donald Trump out of the White House.
Robert Nemanich, of Colorado Springs, said Saturday he and three other electors intend to sue Colorado's governor, attorney general, secretary of state and state Democratic Party chairman claiming state law requiring electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates "who received the highest number of votes at the preceding general election in this state," is unconstitutional....
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“Robert Nemanich, of Colorado Springs, said Saturday he and three other electors intend to sue Colorado’s governor, attorney general, secretary of state and state Democratic Party chairman claiming state law requiring electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates “who received the highest number of votes at the preceding general election in this state,” is unconstitutional.”
Well, that’ll either be dismissed right away or take 25 years to adjudicate, with the final answer being “No!” or the plaintiffs running out of money, which ever comes first. Basically, this is just a stupid publicity stunt.
The only problem with the electoral college, is the electors.
There should NOT BE ANY ELECTORS.
Electors are supposed to do the will of the voters. Thus, the electors don’t really have any say as to how they should be voting, and so, they should be eliminated.
The people spoke, and the electors are only a formality.
Instead of the electoral college being represented by people, just eliminate the people part, and let the electoral college be just a simple number. The number can’t vote. The number represents the same vote as an elector, but it can’t change it’s mind, and therefore, it can’t change the will of the people.
It is the will of the people, and no single person should be granted any power over the will of the people. Not voting the way the people decided, is a betrayal of the will of the people. Any elector that votes against what the people decided, would be disenfranchising thousands, if not millions of people. Assigning a live people to represent “elector counts”, is in itself, contrary to the constitution.
That someone with political beliefs that are contrary to that of the winner of that electoral vote, does not authorize that person to disregard the decision by thousands that are represented by that elector.
It’s time to remove the idea that electoral college votes have to be actual people.
Aside from insane, these hateful people have too much time on their idle hands.
so what are they complaining about? The fact that they have to vote for her and they wanna change to donald?
This isn’t about this election cycle... they are attacking the electoral college... if they can get a popular vote..they think they can win every election going forward.
This is industrial strength stupid.
Nope.
What if the nominee dies?
What if the nominee is abducted by a foreign power?
What if the nominee ... (insert unusual, unlikely event preventing taking office).
This is more evidence that marijuana causes brain damage.
The Good Lord has favored us by making our enemies stupid.
Dude, don't harsh their buzz. They were like, totally baked during the election results. Man, they are just barely starting to see normal, and like; you are totally trashing their mania.
I think the play is to free them to vote for Kasich and convince other Trump electors to do the same...giving a ‘compromise’ Republican candidate for Trump’s electors to coalesce around. Juvenile bullshit.
So then they ARE standard Democrats!
This is the libs twisting themselves into knots like that stupid, moron woman from the west coast who was a pledged Democrat elector and now says she is for Hillary as a “faithless elector”. It’s just the media interviewing their own people again and howling at the moon together.
I have no doubt that laws binding electors, once they have been appointed, are unconstitutional.
Well, that's a good strategy and totally legitimate - IF they can get Trump below 270.
this is going to be a very very long 2 months- as those liberal idiots do everything they can to try to undermine the will of the people
Aren’t they required to vote for Clintoonie anyway? Sounds like they been hittin’ da weed a little bit too much.
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