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Del Tachi
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« on: April 09, 2019, 11:25:53 AM »
In a 269-269 electoral tie, one elector would defect to the national popular vote winner to give him/her a majority when the electoral college convenes.
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Del Tachi
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« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2019, 12:54:33 PM »
Quote from: TX more competitive than OH on April 11, 2019, 02:17:21 PM
Quote from: Del Tachi on April 09, 2019, 11:25:53 AM
In a 269-269 electoral tie, one elector would defect to the national popular vote winner to give him/her a majority when the electoral college convenes.

They would need to be put in the witness protection program if they did that

The electoral college votes anonymously.  A California or Texas elector could defect quite easily and have no realistic chance of being "outed" unless they wanted to be.
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