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Crunchy Frog

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25. I think what that ruling means is that electors who are pledged to a particular candidate...

Wed Sep 23, 2020, 07:20 PM

Sep 2020

must vote for the candidate they are pledged to. This ruling doesn't say anything about which slate of electors are chosen to vote in the EC, or how they are chosen.

I don't think there's anything in there saying that the slate of electors must be chosen by the popular vote and can't be chosen by the state legislature instead.

I think that's the issue that Spankey trying to argue, and that people here are worried about.

If you can reassure me about that particular issue, I'd certainly appreciate it.

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I think what that ruling means is that electors who are pledged to a particular candidate... Crunchy Frog Sep 2020 #25

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Per the Constitution, Electors must be selected on Election Day. Blue_true Sep 2020 #22

Where does it say that in the Constitution? Crunchy Frog Sep 2020 #26

Electors must be selected on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Blue_true Sep 2020 #27

In other words, the election is held on election day, and Crunchy Frog Sep 2020 #28

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