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To: mplc51
"Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress."- Article II, Section 1.

That would seem to me to say that a state can remove an elector who does it actin it the manner that the state legislature directed.

56 posted on 08/21/2019 3:00:36 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
"Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress."- Article II, Section 1."

"That would seem to me to say that a state can remove an elector who does it actin it the manner that the state legislature directed."

Based on what words? There's nothing there that implies such a thing.

It only says the the legislatures appoint electors. At the time this was written it wasn't assumed that the electors would have pre-determined instructions. They are empowered to be a deliberative body.

There is no constitutional right for the people to vote for President. That was a choice left to the states, acting through a panel of electors.

105 posted on 08/21/2019 4:00:40 PM PDT by mlo
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