On April 26, the California State Senate unanimously passed SB 103. IT provides that presidential electors who do not vote for the candidate they are expected to vote for will be replaced immediately after casting their vote in mid-December. It also requires political parties, independent presidential candidates, and write-in presidential candidates to file not only the normal 54 elector candidates, but another 54 alternates.
This will be especially burdensome for declared write-in candidates, because their candidates for presidential elector are each required to file a notarized declaration of write-in candidacy. Already it was quite burdensome for write-in candidates to submit this paperwork. But under the bill, they will now be required to have notarized statements from 108 individuals (54 candidates for elector, and another 54 alternates). Here is the text of the bill.
Oddly, the bill does not require independent presidential candidates to include alternates on their petition. Under the existing law, all the candidates for presidential elector must be printed on the petition, which is quite cumbersome. Their address must also be included. This makes the petition form quite unwieldy, and is not necessary.
Another reason to ABOLISH the DARK AGE minority rule gerrymander EC.
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Elector candidates should only be bound by pledge to their parties, if their parties require it, and the parties should determine the punishment for electors who violate their pledges.
The state law should not bind any elector in any way.
California’s statute for presidential independents is quite odd. It is the slate of independent electors that is running. It is only if all the elector candidates agree on a single presidential candidate that they are permitted to have a presidential candidate name appear on the ballot.
California is the state that had 108 electors for Donald Trump for their 55 electoral votes in 2016.
The fiction in these faithless election laws is that the elector has resigned if they fill in a ballot with a name of another candidate.
It would be like an ordinary citizen bringing their ballot to the election judge, and the election judge examining the ballot before depositing it in the ballot box.
California could appoint electors independently, perhaps by lottery. They would be issued identical gray suits, and trained to march in lockstep. It would be a state occasion as cohorts of electors, alternate electors, and alternate to alternate electors march past the reviewing stand turn their head and salute the governor.
It could be a criminal act to not vote the for the correct candidate. But few would even try as they would be blessed to be in the presence of the state leaders.
JR – how about a faithless elector be put in an electric chair and terminated by a HOLLYWOOD terminator robot — AS AN EXAMPLE, OF COURSE ???
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/television/2021/04/30/biden-reaches-26-9-million-viewers-talk-congress/7408469002/
LOW LOW TV RATINGS FOR THE COMMUNIST-IN-CHIEF.
Are you on crack? Biden, “communist”? That’s a good laugh. Sure, he’s boring. And that’s a relief after the former guy, a relentlessly attention grabbing narcissistic psychopathic and sociopathic con artist. The ratings which matter for Biden are not tv viewers for his speeches (he’s not a reality tv star after all) but job approval – above water, which the former guy never achieved once in four years, 90% among democrats and above water among independent voters – and policy approval.
All of his policies are even more popular than he is personally, especially when described in more detail rather than less. That includes the support of a big chunk of Republican voters, but zero Republican politicians.
The former guy can keep his t.v. ratings. He’ll probably get plenty of them for his upcoming criminal trials. Biden will get something better, two successful terms of passing his policies into law, a Democrat succeeding him in office, and a nation and planet that’s better off as a result.
Is “Brent Mayo” Paul? Sounds like a troll post.
So Biden does not deserve criminal trials?
Is “Andy” Mike? Why does reality sound like a troll post to you? And no, Biden does not deserve criminal trials. Trump does. He will most likely be in prison in a year or two, maybe three. Most deservedly so, too.
You have it backwards. Biden is the one who belongs in jail, and yes, he is a communist and a known agent of the Chinese Communist Party. If you trust the fake jews media and their fake polls, you are dumb.
Who is Mike? I am unaware of a Mike who trolled here and at IPR. I am aware of a Paul that trolled here, and at IPR.
“Cotton” and “Brent Mayo” are probably the same person. Judging from the writing style, I think both may be Paul.
Probably referring to Mike Seebeck.
I suspected Seebeck of being a troll a long time ago.
“Who is Mike? I am unaware of a Mike who trolled here and at IPR. I am aware of a Paul that trolled here, and at IPR.”
I’m unaware of any of you. What is IPR? Iowa Public Radio?
““Cotton” and “Brent Mayo” are probably the same person.”
No. You are hallucinating. Please stay away from heavy machinery and sharp objects.
“Probably referring to Mike Seebeck.”
I have no idea who that is, either. Someone named Andy whom I don’t know asked if I’m someone else I don’t know named Paul, so I asked whether Andy is (randomly chosen name) which happened to be Mike. I wasn’t thinking of any particular Mike. I don’t know Andy, Mike or Paul and judging by the nonsense Andy has posted so far I don’t want to.
“You have it backwards. Biden is the one who belongs in jail, and yes, he is a communist and a known agent of the Chinese Communist Party. If you trust the fake jews media and their fake polls, you are dumb.”
Watch out, Jewish lizards from outer space are probably already inside your house. If you’re not finding them. you must not be looking hard enough.
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one more troll moron apologist for killer communists like Stalin in 1936-1939 show trial PURGES of olde 1917 bolshevik commies and USSR top military.
Yes. Iowa Public Radio. And you trolled that site so badly they don’t even allow comments anymore.
I’m not an apologist for Stalin or any other communists, ignoramus.
I’ve never commented at Iowa Public Radio and have no idea if they allow or allowed comments. I don’t troll. That would be you.