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SickOfTheOnePct

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20. The state's House delegation would decide

Reply to dumbcat (Reply #18)

Fri Dec 30, 2016, 04:32 PM

Dec 2016

who gets the single vote for the state, period. The governor has no say whatsoever. Each state's delegation can determine for itself how its vote is determined.

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Yeah, but Pence, itcfish Dec 2016 #4

Not McConnel. Orin Hatch is president pro tem dumbcat Dec 2016 #16

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There is no Constitutional provision MichMary Dec 2016 #5

It would have to itcfish Dec 2016 #8

Okay, MichMary Dec 2016 #13

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Another failure of the founders treestar Dec 2016 #15

The remedy for such a situation is the same dumbcat Dec 2016 #17

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Which brings up a couple interesting questions dumbcat Dec 2016 #18

The state's House delegation would decide SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #20

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It would be up to Congress. kentuck Dec 2016 #12

A Congress controlled by MichMary Dec 2016 #14