Posted on 11/22/2016 8:57:51 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
A number of Democratic Electoral College electors are planning to use their votes to undermine the election process in opposition to President-elect Donald Trump, Politico is reporting.
Some electors are lobbying their Republican counterparts to vote for someone other than Trump in an attempt to deny him the 270 votes required to elect him, according to the news outlet. They are also contemplating whether to cast their votes for someone other than Hillary Clinton
With at least six electors already vowing to become "faithless," the defection could be the most significant since 1808, when six Democratic-Republican electors refused to vote for James Madison, choosing vice presidential candidate George Clinton instead.
The electors acknowledge that it is unlikely that they will be able to block Trump from gaining office, Politico reported, but they are optimistic that their effort will raise enough questions about the Electoral College to reform or abolish it.
"If it gets into the House, the controversy and the uncertainty that would immediately blow up into a political firestorm in the U.S. would cause enough people — my hope is — to look at the whole concept of the Electoral College," one of the electors told Politico.
It’s unclear how many, if any, Republicans have signed on to the effort.
Twenty-nine states legally require their electors to obey the results of the popular vote in their state.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Yes, but what they fail to mention is that at LEAST 2 of
“at least six electors already vowing to become “faithless,””
are dems. AT LEAST.
Most I heard of was a 1000 dollar fine.
Can you please print or reference where you know this from?
Thanks :)
I want mames.
I want addresses.
It’s no longer about winning elections, these people will do anything to rule over us..
They hate us and want to see us subjugated or dead.
Yep, just another way to spin the masses and have them up in arm with pitchforks at each others throats.
Makes for a good news cycle when the Citizens are not happy and trying to kill each other.
BS, won't happen.
Not only is it legal, it’s what the Founders intended when they created the Electoral College.
Judging from recent news, it looks like bribery is not really a problem. Threats and intimidation of electors is. The left tried to infiltrate Trump rallies to intimidate voters, and now they are harassing electors and making death threats against them. That is a real problem.
"Even the Electoral College was against him, but somehow he got past them and cheated his way into the Presidency."
FINALLY! I have something in common with the left!
They want blood in the streets.
And the GOP were the ones that would have been taken to the woodshed if they didn’t accept the outcome of the election...
I’m not concerned with this in the slightest. It’s not going to go anywhere. Trump is actively transitioning, Hillary is actively conceding. It’s a non starter. Frankly a slow news day filler.
Sure, Trump has the momentum. But his prospects for 270 electoral votes are dim.(Washington Post Sep 18, 2016)It is beyond dispute that Donald Trump has the momentum in the presidential race. It is also beyond dispute that he still has an incredibly narrow path to get to 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.Let’s start with the two most important numbers in this election: 18 and 13.
Eighteen is the number of states every Democratic presidential nominee has carried in each of the past six presidential elections, dating to 1992. Add in the District of Columbia, which also fits the bill, and you get 242 electoral votes.
Thirteen is the number of states every Republican presidential nominee has won in those same presidential elections. Add them up, and you get 102 electoral votes.......
In some states, electors can go back on their commitment. How about this for a solution: In future elections, if the popular vote would produce the opposite result as the electoral vote, all electors are free to vote as they choose. Otherwise, they must vote for the candidate they were pledged to.
The electoral college is here to protect us from people like Clinton. It once again did.
Nifster is just trying out his possible posts from his stealth account at The DUmp.
We have given appropriate feedback such that Nifster should feel comfortable posting something similar over “there”.
:: You’d need to move 37 to get him to 269 ::
We should all understand that the individuals (electors) are neither lemmings nor charlatans yet, they have an abiding reverence for the US Constitution. Their will be no “unfaithful excursions”.
LOL
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