The issue of “faithless electors,” those who choose to vote in the Electoral College for someone other than the person to whom they are pledged as a result of the people’s vote, has surfaced again. This has been prompted largely by Hillary’s victory in the nationwide popular vote while losing the Electoral College, which actually elects the president, to Donald Trump.
There’s even one elector in Colorado who is attempting to launch a drive to deny Trump his victory.
It’s probably also being pursued as a reaction on the part of the more radical elements of the Democratic party to the devastating loss Hillary suffered at the polls. They cannot accept the result, so they behave in stupid, disruptive ways. At least this bunch isn’t rioting.
More on this issue and what’s up in Colorado on page two.
Why don’t they just vote as their supposed!
I think that is treason.
The Electoral College permits electors to vote for those they are not pledged to. One of the purposes of the Electoral College is to prevent a maniac or totally unqualified person from becoming president…and to give less populated states some representation that would be obliterated if was simply one person one vote. Nonetheless, a democracy, in my view, should give one person one vote…get rid of the Electoral College!
The American people have voted for the person we want as our president…the recounts have proven that Hillary lost not once but twice so those electors need to vote as The American people voted. All this is BS.
You really need to educate yourself about the electoral college! First off , the electorate can not vote for whomever they want! Secondly , the electoral college gives representation to the less populated areas. You do away with electoral college, California and New York would elect every president along with a couple other states!!
Jeneann Jacobson Wilson she did win Colorado, look it up! Therefore, she won the electoral vote!
Its treason!
These people were selected to do a job. If they’re not going to do it, then they shouldn’t get a vote! Replace them! We need the electoral college to keep the voting results fair so a handful of states don’t elect every president. Enough of this nonsense!
I don’t understand !! Didn’t they already vote ?? Shouldn’t that be the end of it ?? If they didn’t want to vote that way then they shouldn’t have been there to begin with !!!
Betray?? LoL. Better than betraying the population, I guess…..