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Paul2 · 9th November 2020, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by TahiniBinShawarma

Electoral votes are certified by the state legislatures, I'm pretty sure they can do whatever they want before they certify. It's thir constitutional responsibility.

To my knowledge this is incorrect. State officials, not the legislature, carries out the certification. Happy to see contrary evidence.

9th November 2020, 05:08 PM	#340
Paul2 Philosopher Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,666	Originally Posted by TahiniBinShawarma Electoral votes are certified by the state legislatures, I'm pretty sure they can do whatever they want before they certify. It's thir constitutional responsibility. To my knowledge this is incorrect. State officials, not the legislature, carries out the certification. Happy to see contrary evidence.
Paul2 Philosopher Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,666	__________________ It's nice to be nice to the nice. Aristotle, so far as I know, was the first man to proclaim explicitly that man is a rational animal. His reason for this view was one which does not now seem very impressive: it was, that some people can do sums. - Bertrand Russell