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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 70 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

Answer: (do we have to do that here?) the fake electors would have replaced people in the electoral college. These are the people who actually elect a president. When you vote for president, you’re voting for someone in the electoral college who pledged to vote for that person.

But what if a state could override your vote and put in different people in the electoral college? That’s the fake elector plan. They said they were the real electors, when they were not.

[–] Mookulator@wirebase.org 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Thanks. How would they ever get away with that? Aren’t electoral college members selected way in advance? I know they aren’t legally required to vote the way their constituents want, but if a state replaced one altogether with a stooge, wouldn’t their vote just not count?

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