[EM] Dimensions, Electoral College

[Dave Ketchum]

On Tue, 27 May 2003 09:50:49 +0000 josh at narins.net wrote:

> 
> That's all academic, Dave.
> 
> If you were an elector, and, after the polls closed,
> the candidate you were elected to vote for,
> was found out to be a mass murderer of small children, 
> would you continue to cast your vote for them?
> Even if, as in some random state, 
> you had to pay a $25 dollar fine for not voting 
> the way you were elected to do?
> 
> This PRECISE freedom is the part of the stated reason for the existence
> of the Electoral College
> 
> Maybe it was secretly designed with the idea that if a complete
> unknown??? (no way!) became President, they could investigate for a few
> months before the whole deal was final, I dunno.
> 
> By the way, if I was an elector and I found out that the candidate I was
> supposed to vote for was behind releasing the false allegations, there
> is NO WAY ON EARTH you could make me vote for them.
> 
> None.
> 

This is useless fighting over details.
      Proper understanding, whether only verbal or backed by a written 
pledge, is that the elector is committed to vote for the candidate being 
backed.
      Proper understanding, including proper wording for a written pledge, 
includes authorization to vote for a substitute when there is cause, such 
as the candidate dying.
      HOWEVER, the elector getting swayed by campaign rhetoric and wishing 
that a different candidate should win is NOT cause for failing to vote as 
committed as an elector.
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