[Political Junkie Too]

Now look at scenarios where President Trump wins a Democrat-controlled state and the state decides to not certify the election and withhold their Electors from the Electoral College.

Which states, by refusing to appoint their Electors, will tip the majority of appointed Electors to the Electoral College to Biden?

-PJ

[OrangeHoof]

Which states, by refusing to appoint their Electors, will tip the majority of appointed Electors to the Electoral College to Biden?

I researched this a week or so ago. There's no precedent as to what happens to the votes of a state that doesn't submit their slate of electors by the deadline because it's never happened. My gut tells me they aren't included and the equation is reset to 50% of the remaining electoral votes. In other words, if a state decides to disenfranchise their voters, that state is left out of the process. Let's say it's Pennsylvania with 20 EV. The total changes from 538 EVs to 518 EVs and makes the new threshold for election 260 votes rather than 270. But I have no certainty that this will happen. I'm guessing SCOTUS might have to get involved.

[BradyLS]

That’s interesting. If a state withholds electors and they aren’t seated when the college convenes, how are the electoral votes the seated electors counted? Is it the majority vote of all electoral seats in the college? Or of all electoral votes cast in the college?