Re: [Marxism] POTUS election: What if ... McCain gets elected anddies

[Bill O'Connor <billyoc@xxxxxxxxx>]

"LÃko Willms" <lueko.willms@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:18:51 -0400, Fred Feldman wrote:
>
>> Keep in mind that the Electoral College has the constitutional right to vote
>> as it pleases. 
>
>   Does that mean that even a number of electors sent to the Electoral 
> College on the Obama ticket could switch their vote to McCain? I don't think 
> that anybody would do it, but are the electors free to cast their vote, once 
> they are elected? 

Each state decides both how it's electors will be chosen and how to
handle the problem of the "faithless elector".  Half of the 50 states
allow the electors to cast their votes as they please! 

http://www.fairvote.org/e_college/faithless.htm


________________________________________________
YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.
Send list submissions to: Marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Set your options at: 
http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40archives.econ.utah.edu