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To: ScreamingFist

The electors vote both for President and Vice President separately.

Therefore, Biden himself, who is eligible Constitutionally to be President, is still the legitimate VP.

Therefore it’s Biden.

Other arguments can be presented, but it’s Biden.


73 posted on 09/08/2009 8:12:18 PM PDT by RockinRight (Democrats piss me off.)
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To: RockinRight; All

The electors vote both for President and Vice President separately.

Therefore, Biden himself, who is eligible Constitutionally to be President, is still the legitimate VP.

Therefore it’s Biden.

Other arguments can be presented, but it’s Biden.

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It is NOT so cut and dried ...

Obama sent 365 electors (individuals) to the Electoral College.

These 365 electors WERE ALSO the same 365 electors for Biden.

You are saying that the 365 votes for Obama can be discounted AND that they CAN be counted FOR Biden.

Faulty logic ...

The electors that were sent to the Electoral College voted separately for POTUS and VEEP, but they were SELECTED in each state as a TICKET for POTUS and VEEP. This is where the process breaks down.

Absent any extra-constitutional intervention by SCOTUS (such as a new election), the 12th Amendment is in play.

The Electoral College vote for POTUS and VEEP would be declared null and void ...

The House would then choose POTUS and the Senate would choose VEEP.

See my post #75. Especially my BTW comment at the end.


76 posted on 09/08/2009 8:40:49 PM PDT by Lmo56
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