re: What punishment is fair for unfaithful electors

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FWIW, I would say the same thing about a Trump supporting elector refusing to vote for Clinton if she won the state he/she represents

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This, as distasteful as it is yes

Permanent blacklisting and banishment from the party will suffice.

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Electors going against the will of the people of their state is going to set a terrible precedent.

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The precedent has been set over 100 times already.

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Life in prison seems fair to me.

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There have been a number of examples of faithless electors (157), most recently in 2004. Faithless Electors

I don't like it, but most states do have laws against it, and even then the instances are rare.

What I find troubling is that you want to have draconian punishments after the fact. You can't argue for the EC, then advocate for punishment for people that are in some instances not going against any law in their state, and when then the punishments aren't draconian.

I'm just astounded by the selective choosing of election procedures here.

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hoose that then we must accept the process, flaws and all right

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Fine but ostracize them and brand them with a giant L on their foreheads.

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Do you really want that precedent set? You want your votes being meaningless because those frick's just do what they please?

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It's already been set many times over for various reasons. LINK

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FWIW, I would say the same thing about a Trump supporting elector refusing to vote for Clinton if she won the state he/she represents

This, as distasteful as it is yes

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There has been a lot of talk on this board on how the EC works. Google it or something and find out how it works.

Before the election both major parties select a slate of electors. Based on the popular vote in that state, either one party or the other sends its electors to vote in Washington on December 19. That is the way the election can be called on election night. When the electors from the DEMOCRATIC PARTY vote they will have 232 votes. Electors selected by the REPUBLICAN PARTY will, Lord willin' and creek don't rise, cast 302 votes, I think it is.

Geez.

IT IS NOT THE CASE THAT A SINGLE SET OF ELECTORS MUST VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE WHO CARRIED THE STATE.


"Michael McNeely... is one of 16 GOP electors under pressure to change their vote following Donald Trump’s surprise victory.

They are schoolteachers and high-powered lawyers, longtime party operatives and low-profile volunteers. And now Georgia’s 16 GOP electors have been thrust into the spotlight after Donald Trump’s stunning victory.

Petitions are circulating urging them to withhold their vote for the president-elect and back Hillary Clinton or another candidate instead. Leaflets handed out at anti-Trump protests include their names, addresses and contact information. Their phone lines and in-boxes are jammed with pleas to defy Trump.

Georgia’s 16 GOP electors are all but guaranteed to vote for Trump — each of the 14 reached by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution this week said they would support him — and their ranks are filled with the stalwart party activists who spend much of their free time fighting for Republican causes.

“I’m getting deluged,” said Michael McNeely, an elector who is also vice chairman of the Georgia GOP. “But for all the efforts of those sending those out, there’s no wavering at all. I’m fully supporting Donald Trump, and I’m not concerned any of us will flip.”

Still, it has fueled the pleas aimed at GOP electors from Clinton supporters and others urging them to be “faithless” and switch their vote. Georgia is one of about 20 states that doesn’t bind electors to the winner of the state’s vote, but there have been relatively few cases where that’s happened."

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