Every state currently relies on the popular vote to appoint the electors (Nebraska and Maine have a slight variation).
The state legislature MAY get involved if there is a disputed result that cannot be resolved by the safe harbor date (2020-12-08). But, I don't think any state allows the state legislature to override the popular vote.
This is enshrined in state law. Ignoring the law is a leftist tactic... don't fall for it.
They can change the law. Anyways the constitution is the law. This is the way. Do you think in 16 if Trump would have won a blue state and it was needed to get him over 270 that they would have sent Trump electors? Fuck no. We can not allow them to use our decency against us as they fuck us in the ass. No red state should ever send a democratic elector again. This includes PA, WI, MI, AZ, GA, NC.
We will use every legal remedy we have available to us. The head of the PA state GOP has all ready suggested this is as an option so I will take his interpretation of the law over yours.
The questions and hypotheticals being stoked by The Atlantic are pure conjecture. I have had zero contact with the Trump campaign or others about changing Pennsylvania’s long-standing tradition of appointing electors consistent with the popular vote. 1/
The General Assembly is obligated to follow the law and the law is the Election Code, which clearly defines how electors are chosen and does not involved the legislature. 2/
My goal as a policymaker continues to be working in a bipartisan manner to fulfill our constitutional obligation to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to vote, that voters confidence that the system is fair and that the votes are counted in a timely manner. 3/3
So, are you going to accept a legislator's publicly stated interpretation of the law, instead of a bogus claim by The Atlantic? Or are you going to downvote this comment, too?
At the general election to be held in the year 1940, and every fourth year thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified electors of the Commonwealth, persons to be known as electors of President and Vice-President of the United States, and referred to in this act as presidential electors, equal in number to the whole number of senators and representatives to which this State may be entitled in the Congress of the United States.
Every state currently relies on the popular vote to appoint the electors (Nebraska and Maine have a slight variation).
The state legislature MAY get involved if there is a disputed result that cannot be resolved by the safe harbor date (2020-12-08). But, I don't think any state allows the state legislature to override the popular vote.
This is enshrined in state law. Ignoring the law is a leftist tactic... don't fall for it.
They can change the law. Anyways the constitution is the law. This is the way. Do you think in 16 if Trump would have won a blue state and it was needed to get him over 270 that they would have sent Trump electors? Fuck no. We can not allow them to use our decency against us as they fuck us in the ass. No red state should ever send a democratic elector again. This includes PA, WI, MI, AZ, GA, NC.
No, they can't change their state law, without providing an opportunity for challenge. It has to be pursuant to law enacted before the election.
If you use leftist tactics against leftists, you become them.
We will use every legal remedy we have available to us. The head of the PA state GOP has all ready suggested this is as an option so I will take his interpretation of the law over yours.
Tbh the retroactive reinterpretation of election law during this election is exactly what lead to the shitshow in Pennsylvania rn.
The PA Senate Majority Leader actually said:
https://twitter.com/jakecorman/status/1309276095984939010?s=21
So, are you going to accept a legislator's publicly stated interpretation of the law, instead of a bogus claim by The Atlantic? Or are you going to downvote this comment, too?
Here's what PA law actually says:
https://govt.westlaw.com/pac/Document/NEB4AE6C0343011DA8A989F4EECDB8638?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)
(emphasis is mine)