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BzaDem

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20. If it were the case that a foreign government (or anyone else) caused a decisively-incorrect count

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 11:07 PM

Dec 2016

of votes to take place, that would be a pretty good reason to change an election result.

As I said though, there is currently no credible evidence of any vote tampering, much less a decisive amount of vote tampering. Furthermore, due to the decentralized nature of elections in this country, the idea that any entity could flip an election in 3 states by the required number of votes is implausible in the extreme.

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This is not a typical election. duffyduff Dec 2016 #1

I'd rather worry about living in a country that overturned an "unambiguous" election result geomon666 Dec 2016 #2

What other criteria should invalidate the result of an election? BzaDem Dec 2016 #3

Our own intelligence community says Russia was involved in getting this guy elected. geomon666 Dec 2016 #5

"was involved in getting this guy elected" BzaDem Dec 2016 #6

A foreign government interfering with an election isn't a valid reason to overturn it? geomon666 Dec 2016 #7

Think this through. BzaDem Dec 2016 #11

it wasn't just the publishing of stolen emails. geomon666 Dec 2016 #16

There is no consensus that Russia orchestrated fake news. BzaDem Dec 2016 #19

"The exposure of information is not such a reason." geomon666 Dec 2016 #21

I'm not downplaying anything. BzaDem Dec 2016 #26

I never said they should decide differently. geomon666 Dec 2016 #41

If Russians assassinate someone that leads a political party Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #30

I'm not sure about how that hypothetical relates to this thread BzaDem Dec 2016 #33

Welcome to the information age Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #34

SMFH DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #43

A realist.......Who knew?!! WillowTree Dec 2016 #4

Please understand the electors have a duty to protect our country... pbmus Dec 2016 #8

Voting against the winner of their state does exactly the opposite of protecting our country. BzaDem Dec 2016 #15

Your suppositions and assumptions are more than fatalistic.. pbmus Dec 2016 #23

I would LOVE for the electoral college to be abolished. BzaDem Dec 2016 #29

The rules that were universally acknowledged include the oath pbmus Dec 2016 #36

I'm not saying they are all legally bound to support him -- just that we will regret it if they dont BzaDem Dec 2016 #39

I totally disagree... In fact, we will regret it if they do support him.. pbmus Dec 2016 #40

Fuck that EricMaundry Dec 2016 #9

Trump is outright dangerous. Any mechanism that exists to prevent him from taking office 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2016 #10

I don't think you really mean "any mechanism that exists." BzaDem Dec 2016 #13

An analogy is only as strong as it is on point. lapucelle Dec 2016 #12

Millions of people believe in the fantasy that HRC is not fit for office. BzaDem Dec 2016 #31

Your original question articulates a presumption about "everyone OK with this idea". lapucelle Dec 2016 #42

So which foreign power intervened on behalf of HRC? KamaAina Dec 2016 #14

Are you actually saying that any illegal publication of private information by a foreign government BzaDem Dec 2016 #17

No, I'm saying this goes far deeper than that. KamaAina Dec 2016 #18

If it were the case that a foreign government (or anyone else) caused a decisively-incorrect count BzaDem Dec 2016 #20

But flipping one state is plausible? KamaAina Dec 2016 #37

In a different, much closer election, the universe of potentially decisive events greatly expands BzaDem Dec 2016 #38

Why the electoral college should vote against Trump? kentuck Dec 2016 #22

They likely couldn't vote for Pence. They must pick from the top 3 EV vote-getters. BzaDem Dec 2016 #24

Interesting... kentuck Dec 2016 #25

Trump does not equal Clinton Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #27

Would that be like co-Presidents?? kentuck Dec 2016 #28

Clinton doing the work and Trump being the hype man Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #32

:)___% kentuck Dec 2016 #35

To answer your question if a foreign power installed HRC as president I could not countenance it./nt DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #44

An intelligent post that sadly 99% of the people here will ignore or disagree with Lurks Often Dec 2016 #45