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getagrip_already

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17. no, he needs the majority of appointed electors....

Reply to marie999 (Reply #15)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 09:22 AM

Jul 2020

There is a difference. The electors are appointed by the states before the ec meets, and a state can appoint them even without a general election. If they don't vote because they aren't certified, it doesn't matter.

So state A appoints 23 electors, then gets tied up by lawsuits and state legislatures and they don't get certified. They still count towards the total, and if those were biden votes they won't be counted.

Certification and appointment are 2 different things entirely.

The 12th amendment says appointed. Not certified.

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that is irrelevant.... getagrip_already Jul 2020 #12

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no, he needs the majority of appointed electors.... getagrip_already Jul 2020 #17

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