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To: lowbridge

Do states have the right to rewrite electoral college rules?


4 posted on 04/27/2018 4:34:09 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: jacknhoo

I don’t believe this is at all Constitutional.


5 posted on 04/27/2018 4:35:50 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: jacknhoo
"Do states have the right to rewrite electoral college rules?"

They aren't "rewriting electoral college rules"...they are laying out how electors in their state will be chosen, which is a Constitutional power that state legislatures have a monopoly on (and always have). The chosen electors still have to "meet" and cast their votes.

There are already states with different ways of choosing electors. The one I like best is that the electors shall be chosen by congressional district, with their votes going to the majority of voters in each district, and two statewide electors.

9 posted on 04/27/2018 4:43:00 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: jacknhoo

States have the right to award their electoral votes in any manner they (the state government) decides.

They could make it strictly a decision of the state legislature and leave it at that, and as the populace does directly elect the state legislature that would be fine.


11 posted on 04/27/2018 4:45:00 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: jacknhoo
Do states have the right to rewrite electoral college rules?

Any State Legislature's power to appoint Electors any way they choose is absolute.

56 posted on 04/28/2018 4:20:13 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Single payer is coming. Which kind do you like?)
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To: jacknhoo

states have the right to decide how to allocate the electoral votes... which is why some states like Maine, actually can split and apportion them.


60 posted on 04/28/2018 1:57:13 PM PDT by Katya
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