Idea for the Electoral College

[PhilosopherKing]

Have all the Democratic Electors vote for Romney and request that 40 Republican Electors do the same - and do so publically.

I say Romney because there is no way they would elect Hillary.

[fleur-de-lisa]

1. I agree.

I think the repigs want to impeach the Orange Anus in January so they can get Pence in the WH.

Fuck them! Anything we can do to disrupt is a good thing. I'd rather have Romney than either Pence or Shitler.

There's no way they will ever vote for Hillary.

[texasmomof3]

2. They can only vote for someone who was on the ballot n/t

[PhilosopherKing]

3. Are you sure?

Didn't John Kasich plead for the Electors not to vote for him? He wasn't on the presidential ballot.

[treestar]

4. I agree

they can vote for whoever they want to. It's the House that is limited to the candidates. The whole idea was for the electors to choose the president, not the voters. The voters just chose the electors. So they would be like trusted leaders in each state.

[MousePlayingDaffodil]

5. Not true . . .

Constitutionally, the Electors are afforded the discretion to vote for whomever they wish (subject to, presumably, the requirements set forth in Article II, Sec. 5 that establish who is "eligible to the Office of President", i.e., being a "natural born Citizen," having "attained to the Age of thirty five Years," etc.)

[JustinL]

6. in 1960, 15 electors voted for Harry Byrd even though he wasn't on the ballot n/t