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Majority of Americans want Electoral college (Original Post) triron Dec 2016 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author onenote Dec 2016 #1
as yoda once said........ Takket Dec 2016 #2
Electors are party hacks andym Dec 2016 #3
People in Hell want ice water sarisataka Dec 2016 #4
OK...but will that end up making any difference? Ken Burch Dec 2016 #5
For how long? kudzu22 Dec 2016 #6
The majority of Americans wanted a different person as President Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #7
agreed triron Dec 2016 #8

Response to triron (Original post)

Takket

(22,516 posts)
2. as yoda once said........
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 04:57 PM
Dec 2016

"Already know that which you need". The hacking combined with the popular vote 2% loss... the electors don't need any more time to find a reason to do the job the Constitution lays out for them.

sarisataka

(20,992 posts)
4. People in Hell want ice water
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 07:01 PM
Dec 2016

Given the temperature outside right now I'm betting they will get their wish before we see the vote delayed.

Any delay would come from Congress. What benefit would it be to the current Congress to impose such a delay?

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
5. OK...but will that end up making any difference?
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 07:41 PM
Dec 2016

Who, if anyone, has the power to actually delay such a vote?

kudzu22

(1,273 posts)
6. For how long?
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 09:33 PM
Dec 2016

I don't think a week or ten days is going to be enough time to get to the bottom of the alleged hacking. The votes are due in Congress when they count them on January 6th. Would we delay a month? Who is then president on Jan 21st?

Congress would have to change the dates and that's not going to happen.

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