• SCB@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    They’re still appointed representatives of the state, though. States vote in the election, per the Constitution.

    I’d love to ditch the EC, but it does exist, and the electors are representatives. This isn’t complicated at all, and I’m not sure why this is personal to you.

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      8 months ago

      No one voted for them, they are not representatives. They are vote carriers.

      Sullying the actual work representatives do by calling glorified vote carriers the same thing is an insult to the word representative.

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        8 months ago

        They represent the state in the actual election of the President. “Faithless electors” are a thing, at least as a theoretical concept.

        It’s not insulting to use words for what they mean. I am so very confused by your underlying hostility here.