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To: Carl Vehse

Hillary almost had 8 faithless electors: An elector in Maine tried to vote for Bernie, but was forced to change his vote to Clinton. An elector in Minnesota and an elector in Colorado both also tried to vote for some other person, but were replaced under electoral procedure by electors who cast votes for Clinton.


2 posted on 12/20/2016 11:05:31 AM PST by Little Pig
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To: Little Pig

MN elector wanted Bernie. CO elector wanted Kasich


8 posted on 12/20/2016 11:21:49 AM PST by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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To: Little Pig
This problem needs to be fixed before there is a close election where it matters. Bush would have lost with 2 faithless electors. The elector voting as his state law commands is a ministerial act, like the issuance of a permit if a form is filled out. It does NOT involve any discretion by the electors. The laws of all 50 states need to ensure that this is the case.

I like how Maine did it, where they told the electors NO you can't do that, and they were forced to vote for Hillary instead of Bernie. That, or a rule that if they vote incorrectly, they are replaced and the correct vote is made. The Constitution vests states with complete discretion over how the electors are chosen and procedures of their voting. Time to fix it.

13 posted on 12/20/2016 11:35:06 AM PST by Defiant (The media is the colostomy bag where truth goes after democrats digest it.)
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To: Little Pig

Given what is proven her and DNC did to thwart Bernie, I’m surprised there were not more defectors form the Clinton plantation.


14 posted on 12/20/2016 11:37:23 AM PST by JaguarXKE (n1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men d)
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To: Little Pig

2 faithless attempts from Colorado for a total of 9.


17 posted on 12/20/2016 11:44:51 AM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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To: Little Pig

Of course, those 63 electors could hardly be called “faithless” since Greeley had died 24 days after the election before any electors had met.


Not just a 104 year record, but the guy that did worse than Hillary with Electors was dead. So Hillary is really the “best” at faithless electors for living Presidential candidates. She’s the best worst!


19 posted on 12/20/2016 11:49:51 AM PST by Flick Lives (Les Deplorables Triumphant)
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