Judge to Electors -- You gotta vote for the state-wide winner

[K Frame]

Specifically addresses a Colorado law, but it's a ruling from a Federal judge, so it should have legs.

Question is, what happens if electors ignore him?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-says-electors-must-vote-statewide-winner-140202522--election.html?ref=gs

[RevDisk]

Specifically addresses a Colorado law, but it's a ruling from a Federal judge, so it should have legs.

Question is, what happens if electors ignore him?

Essentially it's the electoral version of jury nullification. Except untested. I wouldn't expect the legal system to like it even if that aspect was originally considered a feature and not a bug.

[RoadKingLarry]

 
With all this horsecrap going on I won't be completely comfortable with this election till January 6th and maybe not till after Noon on the 20th.
I have no doubt that the left is ethically capable of mucking this thing up, I'm just not sure if they are stupid enough to try it.

[makattak]

Essentially it's the electoral version of jury nullification. Except untested. I wouldn't expect the legal system to like it even if that aspect was originally considered a feature and not a bug.

Untested? I've read that there were 137 total faithless electors since the founding. It's happened before, just never enough to swing an election.

[Hawkmoon]

Untested? I've read that there were 137 total faithless electors since the founding. It's happened before, just never enough to swing an election.

But were they really faithless electors? Not all states are winner-take-all.

[makattak]

But were they really faithless electors? Not all states are winner-take-all.

They were. However, about half of them were "faithless" because their pledged candidate died before they could vote.

[RevDisk]

Untested? I've read that there were 137 total faithless electors since the founding. It's happened before, just never enough to swing an election.

Untested in court, specifically regarding laws against being faithless electors. But untested in general.

23 of them refused to vote for Van Buren's VP because he was sleeping with a black woman and admitted it. Another 32 were also related to Van Buren, don't recall the why specifically. 63 were because Horace Greeley died before taking office. That's the virtual majority. The rest were ones or twos.

[Hawkmoon]

How do people get to be electors when they don't even understand how the electoral college works or why it exists?

[Fly320s]

How do people get to be electors politicians when they don't even understand how the electoral college works or why it exists?

Still works.

[charby]

How do people get to be electors when they don't even understand how the electoral college works or why it exists?

In Iowa they get voted in a party's state convention. If you can convince enough people to vote for you, you can get picked.

[wmenorr67]

In Iowa they get voted in a party's state convention. If you can convince pay enough people to vote for you, you can get picked.

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