[redgolum]

The EC voted. That is the only vote that counts by design

[FreeReign]

The EC voted. That is the only vote that counts by design

Nope. Past USSC opinions and decisions disagree. "Fraud vitiates everything" and “fruit of the poison tree”.

...The former, based on the Supreme Court ruling UNITED STATES v. THROCKMORTON (98 US 61 – Supreme Court 1878); states that “There is no question of the general doctrine that fraud vitiates the most solemn contracts, documents, and even judgments.” That essentially means that in contracts – and an election is nothing if not a contract – fraud makes them invalid. Everyone knows if you sign a contract based on fraudulent information, that contract is invalid. Further, from that comes “void ab initio” which means that fraud from the beginning taints everything resulting from it. No doubt most of us have heard a TV lawyer seeking to throw out evidence against their client because the search itself or the information upon which the warrant was based, was fraudulent. It's called the doctrine of “Fruit of a poison tree” from NARDONE V. UNITED STATES, (308 U.S. 338 – Supreme Court 1939) which states that if a tree is poisonous, so too is its fruit.

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