Texas elector threatens to not vote Trump

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Didn't this happen already? They'll remove him in 5 milliseconds.

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This simply shouldn't be allowed, regardless of what you think of the candidate.

No. It should be allowed. There should always be a check on the masses.

Why even have elections?

Why have an electoral college? I agree that this is a pointless and dumb idea by the elector, but what's the college's point if electors are 100% bound? That might as well by a PV election, then.

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But more importantly, preserving tradition is important, we can't just take an iconoclast view of government and start tearing down whatever institution we feel is outdated.

Why not? If the tradition is dumb, shouldn't we get rid of it?

There may be arguments in favor of keeping the electoral college, but "that's the way it's always been" isn't one of them. Article V exists for a reason.

Let's start with the Department of Education then.

Right, so that's called dodging the question. Whether or not the Department of Education should exists has nothing to do with the wisdom of preserving the electoral college.

There's been enough blue dodgers here today to set up a full team in the NL West.