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Yunaleska Donating Member (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 11:10 PM
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29. Actually
Edited on Mon Oct-18-04 11:13 PM by Yunaleska
I was referring to the US constitution (which clearly states only a state legislature may decide who electors will be for and how they are chosen).

If this was ever to fly it would require an amendment to the US - not the CA state - constitution. A voter initiative has no force what-so-ever. It's up to the state legislature and the state legislature alone. End of story.

The state legislatures derive their power to choose electors from the US constitution. Since when does a voter initiative have the power to override the US constitution and strip a state legislature of the power the constitution grants it? It doesn't - and it's why you can call BS on this rumor immediately.
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