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Horith posted...

The problem is that this is exactly the argument some stated have been advancing about allowing their State Congress to ignore the results of an election and send their own slate of electors. Several have been pushing to make laws to that effect in order to deny their EC votes to any Dem candidate that wins their state. Is that really an opportunity you want to provide more legal standing for, particularly swing states that have overwhelming GOP control over their state legislatures?

The problem with the GOP clown shows and fake electors is that they are violating their own state laws by doing that shit. (i.e., a GOP state doesn't get to have an election and then say: "we didn't like the result, here's the real result".

But there is nothing in the constitution that stops a red state (or a swing state with a GOP state legislature) from saying "no presidential election here, we're just going to pick electors for Trump."

The only reason US citizens vote for president is that the state legislatures all got tired of having a presidential election shit show in their own chambers every 4 years.

Of course this is all massively fucked in the head, but the constitution is what it is.