-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mihira Fernando wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> >> Technically, yes. That's how the Constitution designed it. >> >> Practically, though, no. >> >> Citizens, dead people, and illegal immigrants vote for Electors >> who are pledged to vote for a specific candidate. > > So if the Electors suddenly decide to vote for candidate A while > being pledged to vote for candidate B (maybe because their bank > balance suddenly got increased by ,say, 10 mil dollars), then > what happens ? does Candidate B become the president ? Has the > people got no say in this ?
I just don't know. People in the Parties must have thought about it, though. There's always the Supreme Court... In practice, I really doubt that this could happen, because the people who are nominated to become Electors are "party faithful", and for a Republican activist to suddenly switch his/her vote to Hillary Clinton, or a Demo activist to vote for W would be unlikely at best, and immediately suspect. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE7XCyS9HxQb37XmcRApZIAJ0b6BWxongL64jSPCvFRlj3tsSPYgCbBRU2 aYLOcneOCduDDY+ZdjLsPFM= =fDfx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
