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To: F15Eagle

“would result in the election being suspended.”

I don’t think that a suspension would be constitutional. The electors are selected and then they meet and elect a president in December. They can vote for any qualified person.


51 posted on 10/11/2008 1:59:50 PM PDT by Genoa
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To: Genoa

So they can vote for Hillary OR Biden if they choose?


85 posted on 10/11/2008 2:15:29 PM PDT by omega4179 (Capitalism 2008!)
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To: Genoa
They can vote for any qualified person.

How can they elect someone who has not been proven to be qualified?

121 posted on 10/11/2008 3:05:04 PM PDT by Know et al (Everything I know I read in the newspaper and that's the reason for my ignorance: Will Rogers)
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To: Genoa
The electors are selected and then they meet and elect a president in December.

A technical point, maybe, but the electors don't all meet together. Each state's (plus DC's) electors meet separately in their respective state capitals and send their votes from there to Congress, where they are counted officially in January. Of course, that whole procedure has generally taken place without much fanfare because of the "rubber stamp" elector tradition. You are correct to say that they may vote for any qualified person, legally, but they are pledged to their party's ticket.

221 posted on 10/11/2008 9:40:54 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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