Law professor Lawrence Lessig has this op-ed, strongly advising states not to pass laws that require presidential electors to vote for presidential candidates who may have died before the electoral college votes. Six states have a flawed law in effect that replaces presidential elector candidates who don’t vote for the person who carried that state, even if the candidate is dead.
Surprise bonus for Libertarians when following the link to Lessig’s op-ed at the Omaha World-Herald:
Discovering that Laura Ebke now has a column there. She debuted on the 14th:
https://omaha.com/opinion/columnists/laura-ebke-shaped-by-agrarian-roots-we-work-to-grow-modern-communities/article_a3cda66a-6a67-11eb-8b1a-2b39c381f58e.html
A good point. Thus, there is an opportunity, as well, for assassins between the day that the electors are chosen, and the day that they vote.
Lessig has a crystal ball report about Biden and/or Trump) in 2024 ???
Presidential Electors are voters. General electors are voters. No voter should be compelled to vote for anyone dead or alive. Nor should voters or Presidential Electors be prohibited from voting as they choose. Compulsory voting by Presidential Electors is the extension of ballot censorship in all ballot access laws.
Well, I disagree. I think Horace Greeley, who died shortly after election day, would have been a more honest president than Grant. As they say – dead men don’t lie.
And what would be a better fit fo present day American politics than a cabinet of dead zombies? Besides, don’t all the dead voters the Trump cult have been complaining about deserve representation?
Heck, we vote on a Tuesday because that is convenient for zombie farmers.
A third term for Washington might do the country some good.
Any Prez candidates on the Living DEAD TV series ???
What channel is the Living Dead show on?