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boston bean

(36,221 posts)
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 05:35 PM Jun 2016

Just a question.. NOT saying it would ever happen. I have 100% confidence Hillary will win.. but

Just for conversation sake... Let's say Trump somehow pulled this out his rump.

What if the electors from the electoral college got together and prevented him from attaining the office?

per wiki:


Constitution nor Federal election laws compel electors to vote for their party's candidate. That said, twenty-seven states have laws on the books that require electors to vote for their party's candidate if that candidate gets a majority of the state's popular vote.



But not every state requires they vote for the candidate who won the popular vote of the state.

Do you think it could ever happen?
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Just a question.. NOT saying it would ever happen. I have 100% confidence Hillary will win.. but (Original Post) boston bean Jun 2016 OP
Please don't... LenaBaby61 Jun 2016 #1
If it did it would be wrong. TimPlo Jun 2016 #2
Like good little sheep Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #3
 

TimPlo

(443 posts)
2. If it did it would be wrong.
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 05:39 PM
Jun 2016

Most Clinton supporters on DU don't care about elections other than winning so this type of stealing would be fine as long as they got the win. You can see this in how many support the same crap that was used by the GOP in 2000 to steal the election. But since it is happening in favor of Clinton it is OK.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
3. Like good little sheep
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 05:40 PM
Jun 2016

they will vote as they are supposed to. We are going to get an excellent idea of what a Trump repsidency would look like since they elected his clone in The Philippines.

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