Thursday, December 15, 2016

Intel Briefing for Electoral College Electors is Unnecessary and Possibly Unconstitutional: They’re There to Do a Job and Vote For Whichever Candidate Won Their State

I am opposed to having the Electoral College receive any kind of intelligence briefing.  They’re simply there to vote for whichever candidate won their state, and nothing else.

I find it distasteful that nearly all the electors demanding a briefing are Democratic electors and won’t be voting for Donald Trump anyways.  They’re from states that Hillary Clinton won and who they’re supposed to vote for.

Only one Republican has joined in the call for a briefing, which is not enough to sway the Electoral College vote.

Electors refusing to do their duty to the Constitution and their respective states should be replaced by their home states that they’re at the Electoral College to represent.  The various state laws as they pertain to electors are available for download here through the National Association of Secretaries of State web site as a PDF.
 
I’m going to add that it’s highly hypocritical that the Democrats who were screaming about the Electoral College before the general election are now making all this noise about using the Electoral College to stop Trump from taking office.  Get over it.

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