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Overriding election results

mardi 27 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Many presidential electors (members of the electoral college) are reportedly considering disregarding their states' official election results and not voting for the troll.

It would be improper for electors to disregard the voters' choice over political disagreement. However, on this occasion there are two reasons why electors might legitimately decide to override the official election results: because the troll intends to violate the emoluments requirement of the Constitution, and is therefore unfit for office, and because of voter-suppression, which means that the official election results in some states are false and Clinton actually won.