2016 electoral college voting **live commentary thread**

[Bigby]

AL called for Trump, according to 270towin. Took me way too long to find the 9 EV jump, lol.

[MLM]

285 EV pending. Last chance for Jeb!

We can do it guys. lol.

[The Other Castro]

Protesters in Minnesota asking them to dump Trump, not realizing Trump lost Minnesota...

[Bigby]

Protesters in Minnesota asking them to dump Trump, not realizing Trump lost Minnesota...

Never expect intelligent discourse from people who gleefully violate Godwin's Law.

[MLM]

Protesters in Minnesota asking them to dump Trump, not realizing Trump lost Minnesota...

lol.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

The happy farmers of SD are a joke. Vote for Clinton in both primaries, but vote for Trump in both stages of the GE.

[zorkpolitics]

According to the Constitution "no person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. "  Bill Clinton is an elector from NY and he receives both a pension and office expenses from the US and hence receives a profit for his office.  So he seems to be an illegal vote for Clinton.

[The Other Castro]

FAITHLESS ELECTOR IN MINNESOTA, PREVENTED BY MINNESOTA LAW.

[The Other Castro]

Faithless Elector has been replaced before vote cast, vote not counted.

[Bigby]

FAITHLESS ELECTOR IN MINNESOTA, PREVENTED BY MINNESOTA LAW.

Aw, it doesn't even count. This has been the most boring thing I ever anticipated.

[Helsinkian]

FAITHLESS ELECTOR IN MINNESOTA, PREVENTED BY MINNESOTA LAW.

Was he trying to vote for John Ewards again?

[MLM]

FAITHLESS ELECTOR IN MINNESOTA, PREVENTED BY MINNESOTA LAW.

Was he trying to vote for John Ewards again?

Does anyone know what happened in 2004 and who did he vote for VP?

[emailking]

FAITHLESS ELECTOR IN MINNESOTA, PREVENTED BY MINNESOTA LAW.

Was he trying to vote for John Ewards again?

Does anyone know what happened in 2004 and who did he vote for VP?

It was probably a mistake and s/he voted for Edwards for VP.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Don't worry, guys, Jeb!'s ninja electors are about to rock the show.

[The Other Castro]

Minnesota officially counted as unanimous for Clinton. The replaced elector (Muhammad Abdurrahman) was refusing to vote and tried to leave his ballot blank.

Coming at 2PM:
-Maine (which could vote for three different people)
-Colorado, which could try to prevent faithless voting)
-Florida, Idaho, Michigan, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

FAITHLESS ELECTOR IN MINNESOTA, PREVENTED BY MINNESOTA LAW.

Was he trying to vote for John Ewards again?

Does anyone know what happened in 2004 and who did he vote for VP?

One elector simply voted "John Ewards", which they counted as presidential vote for Edwards.

[Mike88]

With MN:

Trump: 179
Clinton: 103

[Nym90]

According to the Constitution "no person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. "  Bill Clinton is an elector from NY and he receives both a pension and office expenses from the US and hence receives a profit for his office.  So he seems to be an illegal vote for Clinton.

So by your logic, any former employee of the federal government who receives a pension is barred from being an elector?

I interpret "holding an office" to mean currently in office, and thus excluding benefits given to former officeholders. And office in this context clearly doesn't mean a workspace, but rather an official government elected position.

[The Other Castro]

Other states that have faithless elector laws with possible faithless voters today are Maine, California, Colorado, and Washington. If the faithless votes there are not counted, we may only see one faithless vote from Texas, a state without faithless voting laws.

[zorkpolitics]

According to the Constitution "no person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. "  Bill Clinton is an elector from NY and he receives both a pension and office expenses from the US and hence receives a profit for his office.  So he seems to be an illegal vote for Clinton.

So by your logic, any former employee of the federal government who receives a pension is barred from being an elector?

I interpret "holding an office" to mean currently in office, and thus excluding benefits given to former officeholders. And office in this context clearly doesn't mean a workspace, but rather an official government elected position.

To be an expresident of the US you have to hold the office, then for the rest of your life you get Secret Service protection paid for by the US and a few million dollars in office expenses, so seems like a pretty good profit for an office...

[The Other Castro]

According to the Constitution "no person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. "  Bill Clinton is an elector from NY and he receives both a pension and office expenses from the US and hence receives a profit for his office.  So he seems to be an illegal vote for Clinton.

So by your logic, any former employee of the federal government who receives a pension is barred from being an elector?

I interpret "holding an office" to mean currently in office, and thus excluding benefits given to former officeholders. And office in this context clearly doesn't mean a workspace, but rather an official government elected position.

To be an expresident of the US you have to hold the office, then for the rest of your life you get Secret Service protection paid for by the US and a few million dollars in office expenses, so seems like a pretty good profit for an office...

But there is no Office of Former President, so Bill Clinton does not currently hold an office.

[zorkpolitics]

What's up with DC?  
They were supposed to vote at 12:00.  Nobody show up?  So incompetent they haven't finished? or does nobody care about this non-state?

[SteveRogers]

According to the Constitution "no person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. "  Bill Clinton is an elector from NY and he receives both a pension and office expenses from the US and hence receives a profit for his office.  So he seems to be an illegal vote for Clinton.

So by your logic, any former employee of the federal government who receives a pension is barred from being an elector?

I interpret "holding an office" to mean currently in office, and thus excluding benefits given to former officeholders. And office in this context clearly doesn't mean a workspace, but rather an official government elected position.

To be an expresident of the US you have to hold the office, then for the rest of your life you get Secret Service protection paid for by the US and a few million dollars in office expenses, so seems like a pretty good profit for an office...

Sure, but a person who held an office in the past is not the same as a person "holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States"

[The Other Castro]

Lol @ the Colorado ballot...

[Bigby]

Will Utah have an elector who votes for egghead?