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In reply to the discussion: Faithless elector: A court ruling just changed how we pick our president [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)33. The original intent seems to me to be
that his be the case and it should have worked that way in 2016. The whole point was for them to save us from a deranged mad president. The winner take all in each state election was passed later, probably thinking that it made it the will of the people, but since the number of electors per state is the number of representatives plus 2 for Senators, the per-Senator votes allow the distortion that makes it possible for the popular vote winner to lose.
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Faithless elector: A court ruling just changed how we pick our president [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Aug 2019
OP
Right. Robert Satiacum Jr., a native American activist, cast his vote for Spotted Faith Eagle.
onenote
Aug 2019
#27
It'll happen as soon as a Republican wins the popular vote but loses the EC,
NYC Liberal
Aug 2019
#34
yes, and given that it was a 2-1 decision, I would expect either a petition for rehearing
onenote
Aug 2019
#24
The Electoral system must be terminated. It's a farce. It's anti-democratic IMO.
YOHABLO
Aug 2019
#15
It really didn't change "how we pick our president". Also few really think "faithless elector"...
PoliticAverse
Aug 2019
#16