On the Electoral College ........ I believe there is a distinct possibility that R officials in certain states will interfere with the voting of the state's electors. That would likely occur in what have been named in this election as battleground states where Biden's margin of victory is small.
Failing attempts to disqualify votes, this will be the next target of R's who support Trump's claims that he won the election, not Joe Biden. There are a lot of them and this despite that in a pure popular vote sense, Joe Biden prevailed.
Such an effort on the part of Rs - if it developed legs - would represent a significant threat to democracy and the American voting process. I read a WSJ Opinion piece on Monday speculating about this. The author noted that from a historical perspective, the potential for this happening has been recognized but not addressed. The author was dismayed it hasn't been.
I suspect, if it does, the lawyers will get involved and I do not know, or seen it written about anywhere, on what basis they could prevent electors from abandoning the voters they represent and cast their electoral votes for Trump. Would it be on a constitutional basis? I don't see that.
Failing attempts to disqualify votes, this will be the next target of R's who support Trump's claims that he won the election, not Joe Biden. There are a lot of them and this despite that in a pure popular vote sense, Joe Biden prevailed.
Such an effort on the part of Rs - if it developed legs - would represent a significant threat to democracy and the American voting process. I read a WSJ Opinion piece on Monday speculating about this. The author noted that from a historical perspective, the potential for this happening has been recognized but not addressed. The author was dismayed it hasn't been.
I suspect, if it does, the lawyers will get involved and I do not know, or seen it written about anywhere, on what basis they could prevent electors from abandoning the voters they represent and cast their electoral votes for Trump. Would it be on a constitutional basis? I don't see that.
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