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WillowTree

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4. The House couldn't just "elect a centrist like Kasich" unless.......

Reply to TrogL (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 18, 2016, 03:14 AM

Dec 2016

.......he's one of the three top vote getters coming out of the Electoral College because those are the three entities that the House members will have to choose from if it winds up going to them.

But be that as it may, the EC is due to vote in about 36 hours or less. Not much time to get an agreement to do something of that nature.

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What about this idea. An Electoral College compromise that would still favour the GOP... [View all] Locut0s Dec 2016 OP

The electors don't all gather in a room somewhere and vote. WillowTree Dec 2016 #1

The EC electors should consider this before they do anything: world wide wally Dec 2016 #2

An idea that would work TrogL Dec 2016 #3

The House couldn't just "elect a centrist like Kasich" unless....... WillowTree Dec 2016 #4