Ohio Presidential Elector who is Also a State Legislator Resigns as an Elector

On Sunday evening, December 18, at 11:04 p.m., Ohio state legislator Christina Hagan resigned as a Republican presidential elector. The Ohio Constitution appears to forbid state legislators from serving in any federal or other state office. A hearing on whether she was in violation of that part of the state constitution had been set for Monday morning, December 19, but the case is now moot.

See this story. Because she didn’t show up at the electoral college meeting in Columbus, the other electors replaced her, and all voted for Donald Trump.

Most states have no ban on state legislators serving in other federal or state office, and in any presidential elector, a large percentage of the presidential electors are state legislators.


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Ohio Presidential Elector who is Also a State Legislator Resigns as an Elector — 2 Comments

  1. Yikes — A State constitution may actually stop some robot party gerrymander HACK from doing something.

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