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Marco Rubio Looks to Extend Period for Casting Electoral College Votes
Florida Daily ^ | August 9th 2020 | Kevin Derby

Posted on 08/10/2020 2:17:03 PM PDT by Jacquerie

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To: Jacquerie

How is a senator suggesting something controlled by the House?


41 posted on 08/10/2020 6:05:33 PM PDT by Bommer (I'm a MAGA-Deplorian! It is the way! It is the only way!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

42 posted on 08/10/2020 6:45:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Jacquerie

Rubio will not get my vote. I can’t understand his positions when he “runs” as a Republican.
Little Marco will never get higher than he is now and I don’t see how he achieved the office he holds now.


43 posted on 08/10/2020 8:12:44 PM PDT by BatGuano (Ya don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do Ya? Nunc Bibendum)
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To: Jacquerie

Rubio has made the calculation that it would be easier for a Republican (he hopes himself) to win in 2024 if a Democrat is the President going into that election. Ergo, he is trying to make it easier for Trump to lose in 2020. This guy can’t be trusted as far as you can throw him. Dangerous individual putting his self interest above the country. Throw Nikki Haley in the same boat.


44 posted on 08/10/2020 9:05:15 PM PDT by Mozzafiato
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To: Hootowl99
You're one of only a couple people on FR who got that right.

All Trump has to do is win 270 in solid red states to make it a moot point; or, even LESS if the Dems mess up blue states and they don't have the votes ready by the deadline.

If the Dems screw up both California and New York, Trump only has to win 226 EV to become President.

45 posted on 08/10/2020 9:07:08 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Hootowl99; grey_whiskers
The Constitution specifies the date the Electors are counted.

Not exactly. The Constitution lets Congress set the date that the Electors vote and submit their tallies to Congress.

Article II Section 1 Clause 3:

The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.

Clause 2 was superseded by the 12th amendment, but not clause 3.

-PJ

46 posted on 08/10/2020 9:15:14 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: Political Junkie Too
Thank you...

That’s what I got from Wikipedia. Duh me...

It sounds like where I went astray is that the designated December date is not fixed by the Constitution but instead by statute. This being the case Congress could change the statute. However, a statute change if it would pass would have to be able to be able to muster a veto over ride number of votes.

47 posted on 08/10/2020 9:59:10 PM PDT by Hootowl99
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To: Jacquerie

Any votes NOT counted 24 hours after the election will NOT be counted... Period.

We’re NOT going to sit around waiting for democrats to figure out how many ballots they need to find in the back of someone’s car to ‘win (steal) the election.

If it’s more than 24 hours - it’s tossed.


48 posted on 08/10/2020 10:23:48 PM PDT by GOPJ ( If YOU live in an American hellhole, YOU elected a democrat mayor.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Exactly. ....he said “each and every vote must be counted”.

He should have said ‘each and every legal and verified vote’.

Foreign citizens, whether legally or illegally in the US are not eligible to vote in Federal elections.

States that are mass mailing ballots and allow harvesting are aiding and abetting fraud. ....The DNC loves it.


49 posted on 08/10/2020 11:10:56 PM PDT by octex
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To: Hootowl99
However, a statute change if it would pass would have to be able to be able to muster a veto over ride number of votes.

The thing is, Congress doesn't have to act at all. The states already have the power to act independently.

Rubio is misinterpreting the problem. It's not about "giving" the Electoral College more time to vote -- that's just a stall to let the states have more time to count the mailed-out ballots. It's about letting the state legislatures solve the problem themselves by convening a special session to vote to appoint the Electors when and if the time limit approaches and there is no settled count.

The power of the state legislatures to choose the method of selecting Electors is Supreme law of the land. No Rubio legislation can override that. Any state legislature that wants to can appoint their Electors directly, even if it is weeks before Rubio's January 1 date.

-PJ

50 posted on 08/11/2020 1:15:41 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: Jacquerie
Little Marco "Foam Boi" is getting frothy!


51 posted on 08/11/2020 3:45:07 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Political Junkie Too
Yep...

Two entirely different sides of the coin. State’s authority to determine how the electors are chosen and the date that the authorized electors formally vote in the College.

Two things were driving the Bush vs Gore recount in 1999 Florida recounts. One was the procedural aspect whereby Bush wanted whole state recount vs Gore’s push for cherry picked Democrat heavy counties. The second though was to conclude the process by the Electoral College deadline so as to have Florida’s Electoral votes counted at that step. Miss the deadline, not counted, Miss the deadline, not counted is the situation that is setup to happen with the mass absentee balloting this cycle, IMHO. That and fraudulently tilting some states from red to blue for not only the President but also Congress and state level offices.

52 posted on 08/11/2020 5:39:42 AM PDT by Hootowl99
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To: Jacquerie

Rubio is a pussy, plain and simple. Real men get a job done. Real men show no fear. Gawd. Voting is as simple as going down the street, walking into the polling place, showing an ID and casting a ballot. What is so difficult about that? What is so scary about that? I’m sick and tired of people making the simple complex. I’m sick and tired of people being afraid. That’s unAmerican. We’ve turned into a nation of a bunch of yellow belly cowards.


53 posted on 08/11/2020 6:24:08 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." - George Orwell, 1984)
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To: Hootowl99
That and fraudulently tilting some states from red to blue for not only the President but also Congress and state level offices.

This would only happen if Congress passed a law that the President signs.

Elections are a state-by-state affair; there is no national election. There is only a uniform date for separate state voting. Beyond that, Democrats have sought to nationalize elections by dictating the process that all states must use.

Unless and until that happens, this mailed-out voting chaos would only affect the blue states that choose to do it. It will only hurt those blue states, since the red states will vote normally and get their tallies in on time.

-PJ

54 posted on 08/11/2020 9:14:55 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: Jacquerie
Sounds like Nancy Pelosi.
55 posted on 08/11/2020 9:17:42 AM PDT by McGruff (Polls are for dancing)
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To: KarlInOhio

If the British Prime Minister loses a general election they leave 10 Downing Street the next day.


56 posted on 08/12/2020 7:28:57 AM PDT by FewsOrange
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To: Jacquerie
Through mail in ballots the Rats know they're gonna throw the Election into utter chaos...which is exactly what they want.They're planning for President Bella Pelosi in the short term and SCOTUS,not wanting a repeat of 2000,to rule "oh,what the hell...it looks at first glance like Plugs has it".

You've gotta give the Rats credit...they know that it's not enough to be utterly amoral,you've gotta be smart as well.

I think that the Rats are gonna be able to steal this one...thanks to mail in voting.

57 posted on 08/12/2020 1:57:11 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: caww

Rubio, Cruz plus Romney are TRASH.


58 posted on 08/12/2020 2:24:57 PM PDT by Lumper20 (Our Congress must be stripped of FERS and their AFGE union insurance)
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To: Gay State Conservative
You've gotta give the Rats credit...they know that it's not enough to be utterly amoral,you've gotta be smart as well.

The Democrats learned the lesson of "too big to fail."

Their strategy towards everything now is to make the problem stink so badly that nobody wants to go near it and everyone just wants it to go away.

To achieve that, the path of least resistance is to simply give in and give the Democrats what they want.

Democrats understand the psychology of "decent people," and use that to their personal advantage.

-PJ

59 posted on 08/12/2020 2:30:49 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

And the lax voting standards began with the Cloward-Piven Moter Voter law of the 90s, which was put over the top by the GOP.

If Biden wins and the totalitarian Kamala Harris soon assumes the presidency, we can thank the GOP for allowing it to happen.

I’ve already decided not to vote in the congressional portion of the November election. I’ve had it with uni-party republicans.


60 posted on 08/12/2020 3:50:22 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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