• Chainweasel@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Well considering the states choose the electors and the electoral college has no obligation to follow the will of the people, no, I don’t remember that.

      It’s been a big giant hole in our system since day one and the fact that we refuse to patch it means that was always intended to be an illusion of choice.

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        6 months ago

        I’m ironically pointing to SCOTUS saying that even if an insurrectionist cannot be president, and the state of Colorado has a law that the secretary of state must check eligibility, that Colorado cannot bar said insurrectionist, because reasons including a “patchwork” of the states and it must be Congress who makes this decision. I guess if the ballot in Georgia and Florida don’t have identical candidates lists, that’s a constitutional crisis?

        And I know it’s different but it’s not really. Ohio just wants democrats to stay home so Brown loses.

    • Queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      6 months ago

      Looking at since the Electoral College has existed from Day 1 of our current constitution, no. Especially since only white land owning males were allowed to vote.

      It’d be a massive shock if states didn’t decide who won or who lost.

      • NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        See below. I’m ironically calling out the ruling for CO who is not, apparently, according to their state laws, supposed to decide who is eligible to be on the ballot, because that would lead to a patchwork or whatever.