Bombshell?

[triron]

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/bombshell-report-claims-at-least-50-trump-electors-are-illegitimate-and-should-not-have-voted/

[global1]

1. Has This Story Hit The Cable News Shows Yet?.....nt

[onenote]

3. No and it won't because it's just more magical thinking.

It's not going anywhere.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. Well Congress has to certify the EC vote so they could delay

Yeah right.

You are correct. Magical thinking

[onenote]

9. I doubt anyone will even bother to raise these objections.

[NCTraveler]

2. Not the first time Raw Story has gone full fake news.

They put some good material out but regularly get knee deep in fake news. The authors used for fake news stories stick out like a sore thumb. They wouldn't make the cut for a high school paper.

[doc03]

4. It may be 100% true but even if you replace 50 Trump

electors with 50 different Republican electors they will still vote for Trump.

[JCanete]

5. exactly. no bombshell here. nt

[JTFrog]

7. What a surprise that Pam Bondi is one of them.

Not.

Unfortunately, I don't see this changing a damn thing. Everyone already knows that the emperor has no fucking clothes. But apparently those with influence and power are too busy fawning over his imagined golden robes.

[HoneyBadger]

8. President Powell?

Is the path that straightforward?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-greene/colin-powell-can-be-elect_b_13968068.html

[Joe941]

10. Wow! Just wow! I continue to believe Trump will not be sworn in!

He will not be allowed to ruin this country.

[brooklynite]

11. If dreams make you happy.....

Opinions by bloggers and academics aren't going to change the political outcome. Trump won the Election under the process we use to elect Presidents.

[libtodeath]

12. There is no chance of this happening

we are so fucked.

[Fla Dem]

13. Whether they (the 50 electors) are illegitimate or not, Trump still won those votes.

So they replace the electors with new electors and it would be the same result. Unless I'm missing something here.

[Separation]

14. Arent these people selected

and not elected? Im not sure if that makes a difference or not.

Then on the website concerning electors, it states this;

What are the qualifications to be an Elector?
The U.S. Constitution contains very few provisions relating to the qualifications of Electors. Article II, section 1, clause 2 provides that no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. As a historical matter, the 14th Amendment provides that state officials who have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States or given aid and comfort to its enemies are disqualified from serving as Electors. This prohibition relates to the post-Civil War era.

The National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) has compiled a brief summary of state laws about the various procedures, which vary from state to state, for selecting slates of potential electors and for conducting the meeting of the electors. The document, Summary: State Laws Regarding Presidential Electors, can be downloaded from the NASS website.

However when you go to check out the document State Laws Regarding Electors http://www.nass.org/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=1864&Itemid=391" target="_blank">HERE it takes you to a .pdf with each State Law regarding electors. I wasnt able to find anything saying that anyone who held another office wasnt able to be an Elector.

My guess though is that there are Constitutional Lawyers out there who know more than I.

[onenote]

15. Technically, on election day you actually are voting for the slate of electors

For many years (and to this day in some states) the ballot actually would list the slate of electors affiliated with a particular candidate. Increasingly, the ballots don't show the electors, but in reality that's who you are voting for.

As to how particular electors are chosen to be part of each candidate's slate, that varies from state to state and political party to political party within the states.

[triron]

16. kick for visibility