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Politics : The Trump Presidency

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To: i-node who wrote (115080)3/22/2019 1:41:13 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) of 357910
 
"A straight democracy by popular vote in America effectively disenfranchises most of the United States of America as defined by the Constitution"

The absence of straight democracy disenfranchised a majority of the voters in '16.

"I do not think the Supreme Court will allow this gimmick to be applied"

Another case of states rights. The 12th Amendment doesn't specify who the electors must vote for.

The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;

en.wikipedia.org
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