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To: cherry
WHO picks these electors?

State legislatures are responsible for nominating electors. The process can actually differ from state to state. In general, though, the two most common ways are:

The elector is nominated by his or her state party committee (perhaps to reward many years of service to the party).

The elector campaigns for a spot and the decision is made during a vote held at the state's party convention.

Usually, electors are people who are politically active in their party (be it Democrat, Green, Libertarian, Republican or Independent) or connected to the political arena. This includes political activists, party leaders, elected officials of the state and even people who have personal or political ties to the presidential candidates.

And while the Constitution makes no mention of qualifications that must be met to become an Electoral College member, it does determine an Electoral College member cannot be:

a member of Congress

a high-ranking U.S. official in a position of "trust or profit," which refers to a member of Congress accepting an appointment to executive office

someone who has "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" against the U.S. [source: U.S. National Archives and Records]

54 posted on 12/16/2016 2:01:23 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

The Texas electors must remove this lying piece of dog excrement. He is a fraud, and has engaged in insurrection against the United States by advocating other electors to abandon their oaths for no cause other than HIS opinion.

Time for a full court press on social media, talk radio, Drudge to force this story national.


55 posted on 12/16/2016 3:07:10 AM PST by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdzcm,.dadfjl,dz)
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