Posted on 08/21/2019 2:28:30 PM PDT by mplc51
DENVER — A U.S. appeals court in Denver said Electoral College members can vote for the presidential candidate of their choice and aren’t bound by the popular vote in their states. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the Colorado secretary of state violated the Constitution in 2016 when he removed an elector and nullified his vote when the elector refused to cast his ballot for Democrat Hillary Clinton, who won the popular vote. It was not immediately clear what effect the ruling might have on the Electoral College system, which is established in the Constitution. Voters in each state choose members of the Electoral College, called electors, who are pledged to a presidential candidate. The electors then choose the president. Most states require electors to vote for the candidate who won the popular vote in that state, but the Denver appeals court said the states do not have that authority. The Constitution allows electors to cast their votes at their own discretion, the ruling said, “and the state does not possess countervailing authority to remove an elector and to cancel his vote in response to the exercise of that Constitutional right.”
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Electoral College members are there to do a job and not steal elections
bttt
Well it’s not like the “Death to America” crowd will find them, doxx them, and threaten their family if they refused to vote for the Democrat Party candidate.
Right?
This is a setup.
Somehow that makes me hot for Diana Ross.
Apparently there is no point in my vote for president then.
Gotcha.
Problems incoming real damn soon.
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And this isn’t disenfranchisement how?
The left will do everything they can to destroy this country. God help us!
The anti-American demon rats must hurry this to the SCOTUS before the treacherous John Roberts is no longer the deciding vote. Ruthie ‘twelve should be legal age for girls’ Ginsberg cannot slink along much longer, so the court profile will be dramatically altered when she is replaced during Trump’s FIRST term.
I don’t know? I think we are getting real real close to a 2nd CW. Granted I’m kind of old but please let it happen in my day. Granted, I’m a veteran and served but this surely will be of better service to save my country.
Who puts in the Electoral College members?
yup...remember, after the recount of the vote failed the libs in 2016 their next plan of action was to get “electoral voters of conscience” NOT to cast a vote for Donald Trump...want to hasten the arrival of a second civil war?? here’s how you will do it...
Am I off here....because hasn’t this always been the case?
Damn, just damn. Doesn’t majority rule? /s
. . . the “Death to America” crowd will find them . . .
It’s utterly terrifying to contemplate all of the wicked scenarios these anarchists will wreak upon our country in order to manipulate next year’s election(s)!!!
In 2016, only two electors violated their duty.
Praying that the number will be kept to that level in 2020!
The Supreme Court will do a smackdown on this one.
There is no point to voting then.
Let CA, NY, TX and FL pick all our future Presidents.
Can the rest of us leave the USA?
Still not tired of winning .
Are you guys?
The Constitution (Article 2, section 1) is silent on this issue so the selection of the electors is paramount. It would therefore also be constitutional for a state legislature to impose a fidelity to the popular vote oath.
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