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Report: Republicans Plan to Appoint Electors if Vote Results Delayed
Breitbart ^ | 23 September 2020 | JOEL B. POLLAK

Posted on 09/23/2020 11:17:48 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

The Atlantic reported Wednesday that Republicans are investigating contingency plans in which Republican-held legislatures would appoint members of the Electoral College if their states’ voting results were still in doubt weeks after Election Day.

Barton Gellman wrote: “According to sources in the Republican Party at the state and national levels, the Trump campaign is discussing contingency plans to bypass election results and appoint loyal electors in battleground states where Republicans hold the legislative majority.”

Gellman provided a sinister spin: “With a justification based on claims of rampant fraud, Trump would ask state legislators to set aside the popular vote and exercise their power to choose a slate of electors directly.”

Hollywood celebrities expressed their alarm, warning that the Atlantic article proves Trump plans to become a “dictator”:

But in every case, it is the Trump campaign that is pushing for votes to be counted as soon as possible, and Democrats who are pushing for longer deadlines for the submission and counting of mail-in ballots, as well as relaxed standards for ballots.

Moreover, Gellman acknowledged that the alleged Republican effort is entirely constitutional. Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution says: “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress.”

Therefore, if Democrats try to use an uncertain popular vote to throw the election in doubt — and with Joe Biden’s campaign openly boasting that it has recruited at least 600 lawyers to fight over the count — Republicans can short-circuit that effort.

It would be extremely unlikely for Republican-held legislatures to appoint electors in states where Democrats had won the popular vote in a legitimate manner. However...

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020election; electoralcollege
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Well I am glad someone has a plan.


41 posted on 09/23/2020 12:08:55 PM PDT by odawg
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Finally, an intelligent (and Constitution-aware) response to the plan to steal the election.


42 posted on 09/23/2020 12:10:43 PM PDT by Jim Noble
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

29 to 19 Republican with 2 states split.


43 posted on 09/23/2020 12:14:16 PM PDT by SJackson (wondered...what 10 Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through..Congress, RR)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

The GOP Senate better fill that SC seat BEFORE the election.


44 posted on 09/23/2020 12:18:16 PM PDT by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: Adder

I suspect this is Trump’s strategy if Dems intentionally use mail-in ballots to prevent real vote tallies from being known. Dems want to put Pelosi in charge if there’s a 10 day delay.


45 posted on 09/23/2020 12:21:28 PM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: tennmountainman
The GOP Senate better fill that SC seat BEFORE the election

Yes, should be a no-brainer

46 posted on 09/23/2020 12:22:46 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (FILL THE SEAT)
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To: roadcat
Anything other than voting in person on election day and legitimate absentee voting done at least a week prior to the election is a vehicle to cheat.

If you can't make it on Election day, 'sorry, get you next time.'

This horsechit with ballots rolling in two weeks after the election is crazy.

There is absolutely NO way to guarantee any legitimacy to those votes.

47 posted on 09/23/2020 12:26:12 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: CA Conservative

You are correct, however, this is just one of various election issues which would be taken to court.

Suppose that there is chaos in vote counting in PA. The Republican legislature awards the Electoral votes to Trump, based on him leading in the vote count. The Dem. governor vetoes it. Then Democrats file suit in federal court, to prevent the Republican legislature’s chosen electors from being selected to perform in the Electoral college. Then, it would be up to courts, possibly the US Supreme Court, to rule on the procedure for choosing electors to the electoral college.


48 posted on 09/23/2020 12:27:00 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment
While this is true, it's likely that each state also has a law which determines how those electors are chosen, and it's almost certainly based on the popular vote.

Most likely true but the Constitution gives the authority exclusively to the state legislatures, not to state legislation which needs the approval of the governor. The various legislatures are free to do whatever they want, the objections of the governor notwithstanding.

49 posted on 09/23/2020 12:27:57 PM PDT by Petrosius
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To: Hildy

Are you Maricopa County? I always wondered who talked Michele Reagan into opening a limited number of polling places for the March 2016 Presidential Preference Poll. THAT fiasco alone was what allowed Fontes to slime himself into the County Recorder’s slot. And yes, I’m fearful of the ways of cheating the Left will use this time.


50 posted on 09/23/2020 12:29:15 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Suppose that there is chaos in vote counting in PA. The Republican legislature awards the Electoral votes to Trump, based on him leading in the vote count. The Dem. governor vetoes it. Then Democrats file suit in federal court, to prevent the Republican legislature’s chosen electors from being selected to perform in the Electoral college. Then, it would be up to courts, possibly the US Supreme Court, to rule on the procedure for choosing electors to the electoral college.

Neither the governor nor the courts have any jurisdiction in this case. The Constitution gives the responsibility to the state legislatures; if there is a challenge to the slate of electors sent by the legislature, that is settled by Congress, not the courts.

51 posted on 09/23/2020 12:36:21 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

the DemoNaziCommie puppeteisters like SorozNazi need to learn that Americans aren’t going to roll over and accept their crooked dictatorship, period, end of file.

If CW2 can be averted this way, we’re all for it!
Very smart of PDJT and his staff to prepare for this in light of all the DNC voter fraud activities


52 posted on 09/23/2020 12:42:02 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, they are excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: skimbell
If you can't make it on Election day, 'sorry, get you next time.'

Absolutely. Make them drag their sorry ass into the voting site, provide valid identification, and make sure they only vote once. No show, no vote. (Exceptions for armed forces personnel.)

53 posted on 09/23/2020 12:50:56 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

In year 2000 election the Democrat war cry to overturn the Presidential election was “count all ballots!”. Now, 20 years later during the new era of the mail in ballot that can be received and counted after election day, the Democrat war cry to overturn the presidential election will be “count ENOUGH ballots!”


54 posted on 09/23/2020 1:04:15 PM PDT by chuckee
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
But "Hollywood celebrities expressed their alarm..."

So that's that.

55 posted on 09/23/2020 1:11:14 PM PDT by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

The following is from Article II of The Constitution. I think most people don’t know how a President actually gets elected.

“The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately choose by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner choose the President. But in choosing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representatives from each State having one Vote; a quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall choose from them by Ballot the Vice-President.

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


56 posted on 09/23/2020 1:17:26 PM PDT by CathyWhite
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To: CA Conservative

You saw that little “non-veto” point as well, didn’t you?


57 posted on 09/23/2020 1:25:46 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE ( I can only donate monthly, but the radical ABCNNBCBS does it every hour on their news.)
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To: Outlaw76

Very good, he might actually get Nevada, Va and NH.


58 posted on 09/23/2020 1:31:43 PM PDT by ScholarWarrior
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To: roadcat

Agree. And county voter rolls should be purged periodically requiring all voters to renew their registrations.


59 posted on 09/23/2020 1:57:26 PM PDT by Black Bart
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Id remind everyone that Bush v Gore was NOT necessary. Roughly 10:00 pm the Florida Legislature was ready to go into session, and appoint the electors


60 posted on 09/23/2020 2:39:24 PM PDT by j.havenfarm ( Beginning my 20th year on FR! 2,500+ replies and still not shutting up!)
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