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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMinnesota doesn't f**k around with with faithless electors
Apparently they threw out the ballot of an elector who would not promise to vote for Hillary and replaced him with an alternate.
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Minnesota doesn't f**k around with with faithless electors (Original Post)
Jose Garcia
Dec 2016
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HassleCat
(6,409 posts)1. Is that good or bad?
If electors are not allowed to vote their conscience, that means no defections by Trump electors.
drray23
(7,962 posts)2. none of these state laws regarding "faithless electors" has been challenged.
There are questions about whether or not these state laws are even constitutional. That has not been tested at the supreme court yet because we never were in a situation where this could arise.
uppityperson
(115,869 posts)3. MN cast 10 votes for Hillary
http://www.ajc.com/news/national/electoral-college-vote-live-updates-state-state-voting/sy5C2hooqtnMG8tEviTATN/
Minnesota cast 10 votes for Hillary Clinton after Muhammad Abdurrahan, a "faithless voter" refused to vote for her and was replaced by an alterna
Cha
(305,400 posts)4. Good.. She's the one who was out there on
the front lines trying to stop the despot.