We went through something similar to this in 2000. Al Gore won the popular vote, but lost the Electoral College vote to George Bush. We went through an incredibly nasty recount in Florida, and after the US Supreme Court intervened to stop the recounting, we heard of some electors potentially switching their votes in an effort to take the Electoral College victory away from Bush and give it to Gore. None of this worked, of course.
This time is very different from 2000. Then it was a matter of who won the popular vote in one state, Florida, where the difference in tallies between the two candidates numbered in the hundreds, and where some individual votes were difficult to determine due to “hanging chads” on the the cards that voters punched to indicate the candidate chosen.
This time, the difference in the vote tallies in the three states under examination number in the tens of thousands, and the Electoral College vote is nowhere near as close as it was in 2000.
But none of those facts have stopped die-hard Hillary supporters from trying to steal the win from Mr. Trump.
Three of Colorado’s nine Electoral College electors plan to challenge a state law that would prevent a long-shot bid to keep President-elect Donald Trump out of the White House.
Robert Nemanich, of Colorado Springs, said Saturday he and two other electors intend to sue Colorado’s governor, attorney general and secretary of state claiming state law requiring electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates “who received the highest number of votes at the preceding general election in this state,” is unconstitutional.
Even if all the Democratic electors voted for someone other than Hillary, Trump still wins. That is, unless they can form a coalition with enough Republican electors, folks who are willing to derelict their responsibilities as well, to vote for a compromise Republican candidate other than Trump.
Three of Colorado’s nine Electoral College electors plan to challenge a state law that would prevent a long-shot bid to keep President-elect Donald Trump out of the White House.
Robert Nemanich, of Colorado Springs, said Saturday he and two other electors intend to sue Colorado’s governor, attorney general and secretary of state claiming state law requiring electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates “who received the highest number of votes at the preceding general election in this state,” is unconstitutional.
This is obviously an incredible long-shot. The law in Colorado would need to be struck down. And the Democrats would need to find enough “faithless electors” among the Republicans to make a difference. And these people would need to agree on an alternative president. And they would need to have 270 electors on board with the plan to actually elect a president. And they would need to get this done in the next two weeks.
More than anything else, this illustrates the almost maniacal animosity these people have toward Donald Trump. The correct thing to do, which is also best for the country, is for the members of the Electoral College to execute their responsibilities faithfully. After all, that sets a good example for the rest of us.
Source: The Gazette
Colorado went Hillary. Why are they betraying Trump?