More like clowns.
Posted on 09/14/2012 4:51:00 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
So Romney wins 497 electoral votes instead of 500.
Name them a post their e mails
They heard about all the cash and prizes that were available to Obamacare holdouts and “maverick” Republicans.
This is BS
Until November 6, there are no electoral college electors. The election decides who the electors actually are. Until the election, there are no electors
Our Framers set up a good system for Presidential elections. If nothing else, it drives the rats crazy.
BTW, the Framers thought most elections would end up in the House of Reps. In their view, the state electors served more as a nominating committee.
There is no crisis when an election ends up decided as per the Constitution.
There was no way in hell I was going to vote for mcromney.... until 1979 redux happened.....
carter was bad enough... this guy is a joke...
fubo has done what others could not possibly do, made me WANT to vote for mcromney...
Name them an post their e mails
This is a “hope and change” story from WaPo.
By planting this disingenuous item, they “hope” to “change” your mind about voting for the Republican ticket.
America will begin to rise from the ashes on November 6th!
I think they're chosen by the candidates *before* the election.It's after the election that they're empaneled or seated.
This is why Paultards need to be ejected from the party. This is precisely why the GOP rewrote the rules at the convention. It wasn’t aimed at the Tea Party or grass roots, it was an effort to purge these Paulbots from the party.
Paultards never, ever had an intention of voting for the eventual nominee. They are in fact working against R/R. And these people hate social conservatives as much as they do Willard. They are part of the reason the convention lacked fire. The floor was divided because these Paultards and their invited guests were not supporting the speakers and doing things like inviting other Ron Paul supporters like Code Pink in.
Paultards should be banned from every conservative forum and completely removed from the party at all levels. Let these conspiracy mongers go try to take over the Democratic party.
Agreed! Didn’t it take something like 36 votes in the House to elect Jefferson President?
OK, I’ll buy that but doubt they would be chosen if they defect before the fact
There are electors. You vote for them, not the candidate per se.
And they’re not obligated to actually vote for the candidate in turn.
A big check and a baseball bat should ensure enough vote for the Obama
Sadly, NOTHING has been “...per the Constitution” since Obama has been in office.
Sadly, NOTHING has been “...per the Constitution” since Obama has been in office.
I meant, 36 rounds of voting
More like clowns.
They may be able to jail a faithless elector, though even that isn't certain. I very much doubt the courts can go back and order his vote changed. Nor should they be able to.
The whole tenor of the article is weird. The GOP electors were elected on the basis they would vote for the GOP candidate, not a person of their choice. If they decide that can not in good conscience vote to Romney, the honorable thing to do is resign, not violate their agreement.
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