Doc,DocBarrister wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:49 amIf the election is close in November, and it could very well be, and he loses ... then Trump may try and find a way to send the election to Congress, where he would almost certainly win (states vote as a single block, so CA and NY and TX get one vote each).seacoaster wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:39 amYeah, I kind of see it this way too. But the push back should be real and unanimous, across all political lines. Over 150,000 Union soldiers voted by mail in 1864. We send social security number and cards through the mails; credit cards through the mail; check for services and products through the mail; draft registrations, driver's licenses, etc.
And of course there is 3 U.S.C. Section 1: "The electors of the President and Vice President shall be appointed, in each State, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in every fourth year succeeding every election of a President and Vice." He is suggesting a violation of federal law, of course.
Let’s say Wisconsin is key to a narrow Biden victory. The Republican-controlled state legislature refuses to certify the presidential election vote in that state and refuses to allow their electors to participate in the Electoral College.
Bingo ... entire presidential election goes to the Congress.
DocBarrister
I don't think that's how it works.
If there's no winner in the Electoral College, the President is elected by the House, and the VP is elected by the Senate.
Representatives vote for the President, Senators for the VP.
Likely to be easy win for the Dems in the House.
Not sure whether there'd be crossovers in the Senate.