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Cicada

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4. The theory is that they can violate state laws and ignore the vote

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 02:35 PM

Nov 2020

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All they need to do is appoint Trump electors. Kavanaugh recently opined in a case that the state Supreme Court can not assert state law prohibits ignoring votes. Do four others agree? If so then Republican legislators can ignore voters. Then the House of Representatives on a one state one vote basis can affirm that. Then Trump is re-elected. The constraint is that state legislators may fear that voters will be outraged and will vote them out. Of course no Republican elected official will care that it violates state law.

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Someone lock up Mark Levin for election tampering. lindysalsagal Nov 2020 #1

Good idea soothsayer Nov 2020 #2

The mother of all nuclear options. NCDem47 Nov 2020 #3

+1. Blue states should cease to participate in the funding of a system that disfranchises them. dalton99a Nov 2020 #9

The theory is that they can violate state laws and ignore the vote Cicada Nov 2020 #4

That is a huge stretch at best! Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #6

Kavanaugh cited Rehnquist concurrence to bush v gore 2000 to disagree Cicada Nov 2020 #8

Which is ridiculous on its face because: Volaris Nov 2020 #12

So the entire basis of our "democracy" - the privilege of voting - is also a mirage? Mr. Ected Nov 2020 #5

Wait.... Windy City Charlie Nov 2020 #7

If you begin to realize you cannot win fair ... Whiskeytide Nov 2020 #10

Ahhh...but we already have their names. nt Boogiemack Nov 2020 #11