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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1284604)	12/23/2020 1:11:31 AM
From: bruwin	2 Recommendations Recommended By Maple MAGA Mick Mørmøny Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574509

Firstly, my understanding is that the Founding Fathers, back in 1776, foresaw the possibility of exactly what we have seen happen in Pennsylvania via the judges and the state's court and put the election process in the hands of the Legislators, i.e. the people elected by the people to form the Legislature, and NOT in the hands of the Judiciary ..... which is what Article 2, Section 1, Clause 2 of the Federal Constitution is all about. Then each State is given a Representation depending on its population size in terms of the number of Electors that will cast their vote in the Presidential election. In this way the President of America is NOT elected by "Popular" vote, which is what the Democrats ultimately want, but by representatives from each state. If a President was elected by "Popular" vote it would be the highly populated cities that would "Rule" and the less populated, but highly important interior heartlands of America, who would get virtually no say in the matter. "What if the state voted for the candidate who didn't win the popular vote ?" My understanding is that the Electors are not always bound by the results of the popular vote in their state. They can, in fact, cast their vote for either of the two final Presidential candidates when the Electoral College meets, as they did on December 14th. These are known as "Faithless Electors" ....

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1284604)	12/23/2020 1:14:47 AM
From: PKRBKR	1 Recommendation Recommended By Mick Mørmøny Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574509

so if the electors in the Electoral College are appointed by the legislature, why even have presidential elections? I believe that would be just fine by the constitution. This country was meant to have a weak federal government and strong state governments. States were to have all the say and not the "people." Of course they would have their say via state elections but that's all gone by the wayside. The 17th amendment cemented the states giving up their power. The country has been F'd ever since. In general state assemblies have been much more conservative than the congressional makeup and the country would be so much better off if states had the powers originally granted via the constitution.