Seymour Flops
Diamond Member
Remember, the States are merely an “agent” for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes. They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do.
That statement has theleft unbiased media in a tizzy. Donald Trump will tell states who they can and cannot allow to vote and then he will claim rigged elections, even in states in which the Democrats win by more than ten percent, according to the "predictive journalists" of straight down the middle NPR.
The Constitution gives states the power to decide how to choose electors for the Presidency, only giving Congress the authority to set the date for such elections.
"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress; but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States shall be appointed an Elector.
The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States."
But . . . since the Civil War, states' rights are not really a thing. Plus, those clauses above have been modified by both the Equal Protection Clause, the Voting Rights Act, and the courts allowing the Federal government's slow but steady assumption of all manner of powers not listed in its enumerated powers.
The Constitution and other written laws do not specify who has the ultimate authority over federal elections. Donald Trump, as head of the Federal Executive Branch, has as good a claim as anyone else. So does Congress.
Still, I hate to imagine a Democrate somehow winning the White House, say by a combination of character assassinations and actual assassinations, and claiming that power.
Remember, all they have to do is win one, and they will do everything they can to cement their power forever.
That statement has the
The Constitution gives states the power to decide how to choose electors for the Presidency, only giving Congress the authority to set the date for such elections.
"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress; but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States shall be appointed an Elector.
The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States."
Interpretation: Article II, Section 1, Clauses 2 and 3 | Constitution Center
Interpretations of Article II, Section 1, Clauses 2 and 3 by constitutional scholars
constitutioncenter.org
But . . . since the Civil War, states' rights are not really a thing. Plus, those clauses above have been modified by both the Equal Protection Clause, the Voting Rights Act, and the courts allowing the Federal government's slow but steady assumption of all manner of powers not listed in its enumerated powers.
The Constitution and other written laws do not specify who has the ultimate authority over federal elections. Donald Trump, as head of the Federal Executive Branch, has as good a claim as anyone else. So does Congress.
Still, I hate to imagine a Democrate somehow winning the White House, say by a combination of character assassinations and actual assassinations, and claiming that power.
Remember, all they have to do is win one, and they will do everything they can to cement their power forever.
