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BzaDem

(11,142 posts)
Thu May 26, 2016, 05:34 AM May 2016

The presidential election won't be over until December 19th.

After all, electors won't be voting in the electoral college until then. Electors can switch their vote, so we better not make any assumptions about who is going to win that vote until the actual vote takes place.

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The presidential election won't be over until December 19th. (Original Post) BzaDem May 2016 OP
Brilliant! Arneoker May 2016 #1
Why not. barrow-wight May 2016 #2
Big difference: Electors are generally supposed to vote according to their states' elections... thesquanderer May 2016 #3
BULLSHIT!!!!!!! MohRokTah May 2016 #4
OMG Years ?????????????????????????///////// katmondoo May 2016 #5
Technically, yes. MohRokTah May 2016 #6
I stand corrected! BzaDem May 2016 #11
Let me check my Bernie Supporter talking points. nt BootinUp May 2016 #7
It will be a contested election!!! nt BootinUp May 2016 #8
So the last, best hope for Berniefans will now be Elector-flipping? Tarc May 2016 #9
Its brilliant satire. nt BootinUp May 2016 #10

thesquanderer

(11,982 posts)
3. Big difference: Electors are generally supposed to vote according to their states' elections...
Thu May 26, 2016, 08:44 AM
May 2016

...whereas super delegates are instead supposed and expected to vote according to their own personal choice on that day.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
4. BULLSHIT!!!!!!!
Thu May 26, 2016, 09:03 AM
May 2016

The electors sign and SEAL Their votes and they are sent to the President of the Senate.

Those electoral votes are not unsealed and read until January 6, so the election isn't over until then.

If a single Senator and a single Representative jointly write, sign, and deliver an objection to the Electoral College vote by January 6, the Congress can overturn the Electoral College vote and throw the entire thing to the House of Representatives for the presidency and to the Senate for Vice Presidency.

THIS THING AIN'T OVER UNTIL JANUARY 6, 2017, AND EVEN THEN IT COULD BE DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS, OR EVEN YEARS BEFORE A SINGLE CANDIDATE ACHIEVES THE 26 OR MORE VOTES IN THE HOUSE AND ANOTHER CANDIDATE ACHIEVES THE REQUIRED 51 VOTES IN THE SENATE!!!!

BERNIE WILL STILL HAVE A CHANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
6. Technically, yes.
Thu May 26, 2016, 10:22 AM
May 2016

If the House does not reach a 26 vote solution, it can go on until they do so.

Remember, when thrown to the House each state delegation gets a single vote. For split delegations, that means an abstention.

Tarc

(10,476 posts)
9. So the last, best hope for Berniefans will now be Elector-flipping?
Thu May 26, 2016, 10:27 AM
May 2016

I really hope this was satire.

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