As a Michiganian, I approve this message.
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Wait! Youâre not a Michigander?
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Nope. I am not a male goose. A silly goose, sometimes, yes⌠
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I guess that they didnât look at the part where it spells out that a state can decide to award its EC votes, or they can have a vote for the electors. Once theyâve had a vote, they canât decide that they donât like it and change their minds. (The only way the state can step in after a vote is if the electors somehow massively fuck up and donât produce a tally on time.) Any state that tried that would be facing huge court cases, and probably major future consequences.
What might happen is that two results from the state hit Congress, which has happened before, leaving one or both to be rejected.
Mind you, the point might be to cause so much chaos that the Presidential election goes to the House. Has anyone done the math on the new House yet, with those Blue Dog Dems missing?
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That would be very bad for Biden of that happens. The D majority in the House wouldnât help due to the ridiculous rules in place for this. Worse yet, the Senate picks the VP so you could feasibly end up with Biden as president and Pence as VP.
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It would be Trump though, right?
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No, they can only pick from VP candidates.
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Ah. Makes sense, thanks.
Hmm, there were a LOT of VPs on my ballotâŚ
In such a scenario would the new VP be appointed by the current Senate or the Senate as decided after Georgiaâs runoff elections in January?
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It would be the incoming Congress. We could end with a 50/50 split in the Senate (best case right now) which means the VP position would stay vacant until a 51 vote majority could be reached.
If the incoming president gets inaugurated and thereâs still no VP, Iâm assuming that the president gets to nominate someone for Senate confirmation which is its own can of worms.
(Iâm no Con Law expert, Iâve just spent entirely too much time lately reading the Constitution and worrying about worst case scenarios.)
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That sure would put an extra crazy spin on the already-crazy Georgia Senate race.
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Keeping in mind that if the House is deadlocked, their VP elect becomes the President.
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And if both the House and Senate deadlock before inauguration then Pelosi becomes acting president. Basically I really hope to never have to see this kind of shit show play out in my lifetime.
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Another baseless lawsuit thrown out.
Trump lead in Georgia down to 1,267 votes and shrinking.
The place that ends up flipping the state may be Clayton County, formerly represented by the late great congressman John Lewis.
Between that and the votes coming from John McCainâs Arizona Iâm loving the idea of Trump being taken down by the vengeful spirits of the legislators he insulted in life.
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