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Old 11-14-2016, 11:56 AM   #1594
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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce View Post
Had not seen this. On what basis?
On the basis that many of the electoral college electors are unbound by their state and can actually vote for whomever they want (on Dec 19 I think). So if a bunch of Republican electors were turned off enough by Trump the electoral college could theoretically vote Clinton. Apparently it was intended as a fall-back measure if a demogoge hoodwinked the general public. There's been a petition floating around Facebook all week. The thing people are missing though is that the electoral college result has to be confirmed by congress in January. So if I miracle happened and they voted Clinton, there's no way a republican congress would ratify it. And also the potential for real civil war is massive imo.
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