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Electoral College Is Free to Name Almost Anyone for President

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Unfortunately, these men are ineligible for the US presidency: (L) Rashid Buttar, OD, of North Carolina, and (R) Shaun Attwood, ex-Arizona

Editor’s Note: This article was published at VeteransToday.com on July 26, 2020 with the title “The Grass Electoral College:  Ignore the Parties and Choose a President by Common Sense”

In 2008, New Hampshire citizen Fred Hollander asked a court to rule on the presidential eligibility of candidate John McCain who was not born in the US.  Hollander worried that his party, the Republicans, would be left without a candidate if there were a last-minute disqualification of McCain. The court dismissed Hollander’s efforts.

At the moment we have two candidates, Trump, age 74, and Biden, age 77, whose inability to unite a nation has already been on display for years. But the electoral college can step in and find brilliant other candidates. In 1788, Alexander Hamilton wrote, in Federalist Paper 68:

“It was desirable that the sense of the people should operate in the choice of the person. … [The] election should be made by men … acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation …. A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens … will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations.” [Emphasis added]

Happily, Hamilton’s recommendations became part of the Constitution.  But the make-up of an electoral college has been gradually altered by party politics. This year, the key dates to notice are: August 17-20, the Democrat national convention in  Milwaukee, WI; August 24-27, the Republican convention in Charlotte, NC; November 3, the general election; December 14 for the Electors (of the Electoral College) to sign their ballots, and January 6, 2021 for those ballots to be counted openly in Congress.

No “deliberation” will have taken place!  But it’s not too late for us to call for a make-believe “electoral college” that can meet somewhere – such as on the grass — and propose great candidates. To do so would be perfectly legal. I am calling it the Grass Electoral College to emphasize its outreach to any American who cares to nominate a new president.

I think many Dems will pull the lever for Biden, reluctantly, as will many Repubs for Trump. Satire-style videos on YouTube have mocked both men to an extreme degree, and many writers are making the case that criminal charges lurk, for both Biden and Trump.

One perfectly legal option is to do a write-in – at the polls you can pencil in the name of anyone. But getting a new president by that means would be cumbersome. I am arguing for a different approach here, based on reviving the perfectly-constitutional creativity of the electoral college.

Mass media has misguided the public to believe that the electoral college’s job is to confirm the candidates who got nominated at the November election (which in turn reflected the summertime party conventions, which in turn reflected party primaries, more or less).

This year, the US Supreme Court ruled that it’s OK for states to instruct their Electors on how to vote on December 14th. But no state is required to instruct; 22 of them do not instruct.  And the legislatures of the 28 “instructing states” could pass a law to free their Electors.

Electoral College

The Constitution never mentions parties (they are private). The Framers in 1787 envisioned only a “college” of persons, chosen within each state, who would put forth the name of a president and a vice president. It’s in Article II, section 1, and was expanded in 1804 by the Twelfth Amendment (after a fuss about Jefferson’s 1800 election).

Subsequent federal legislation set the date on which the Electors must meet, as the first Monday after the second Wednesday of December. So, in 2020, it’s December 14.

As of now (July), no state Electors even exist. When citizens go to the polls on November 3, they will choose them. How so? In a few states, the Electors’ names are right there in black and white on the ballot, but for most states the election of Electors is “implicit.”

This means that, if a majority of citizens in your state pull the lever for Trump, the Republican party will, in its own private way, find people to send to the Electoral college on December 14. Note: the whole nation’s Electors do not meet together.  In 1787 that would have meant traveling on foot or by horseback! The Grass Electoral College can meet across borders, but to stay constitutional, it MUST hand its proposed list of candidates to state Electors. OK?

The media tries to keep the Electoral College hush-hush. They never mention it — other than to say it is “elitist” and should be gotten rid of. But it need not be elitist; its choices could be anti-elitist. Amazingly, Ron-Paulishly, anti-elitist.

The Need to Win 270 Electoral Votes

The question that will get asked on the morning of November 4 is: “Which candidate, if any, got 270 electoral votes?” Every TV station will be showing a map of the US with “blue states” (Democrat) and “red states” (Republican) and the number of electoral votes that each provided.

Constitutionally, low-populated Wyoming is entitled to a paltry 3 Electors – one for its 1 congressional district and two (like every state) for its 2 senators. High-populated California gets 55 Electors because it has 53 congresspersons and two senators.

The “magic number” of 270 electoral votes, as the basis for winning the presidency, comes from the fact that the House of Representatives has 435 members, and the Senate has 100, and residents of the capitol territory, DC, get 3 votes. This totals 538 electoral votes. A majority of that means 50%, namely 269, plus one. Thus, 270.

It’s possible to come out first in the popular vote but second in the count of electoral votes. On November 8, 2016, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote (she got 2.8 million more votes than Trump). Trump won the presidency because he got 304 electoral votes (to Hillary’s 227).

Most states (but not Maine or Nebraska) use a “winner takes all” method of deciding who won that state’s electoral vote. In 2016 the majority of Californians pulled the lever for Hillary, so all of the 55 Electors for that state went to their in-state “college” (in Sacramento) and voted for her. I assume that the Democrat Party of California designated 55 people to be those Electors.

The Nominating Conventions

“What about the nominating conventions held in summer?” I hear you ask. Don’t they create legally binding rules within each state as to how to pick the names to be listed on the November ballot?  I don’t know the laws of every state, but these conventions (held by the two big parties and any small party that wants to have one) are private affairs. “Delegates” meet,” create their party’s platform and pick a presidential candidate and a VP candidate. (Remember Sarah Palin?) By the way, it is not kosher for a VP to be “ticketed in.”

Note that the term “president elect” is technically not correct when it is used immediately after the November polls close, since “the people” don’t elect the US president – the Electors do.  Even after the December date, we still don’t have a “president elect.”  That can’t occur until January 6 when the new Congress – specifically the president of the Senate – opens and counts all 538 Electors’ ballots.

If no one received 270 votes, no problem; the Constitution’s 12th Amendment says: “… if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three … the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote…”

Would You Like To Audition for the Role of President?

Let’s get responsible this year. We need fabulous candidates. An unofficial committee could receive CV’s from interested persons and then invite them in for an “audition.”  Just imagine recruiting a man or woman for this high office without the help of the media, the parties, the Supreme Court, or deals done in backrooms. Just imagine triggering the old gray matter into action.  Wow.

Phone a friend today and start to do something.  The Constitution is fully on your side in the matter of choosing a president.  You can arrange a teeny-tiny Grass Electoral College, or a huge one. Please be loyal to the parchment, strictly. While it may seem fun to nominate the leaderly Dr Rashid Buttar, or the brilliant prison-reformist Shaun Attwood, don’t do it – they were not born in US.  The Constitution also gives a minimum age of 35, OK? Never sacrifice the Constitution “for just this one time.” Never.

Note: I am old, I don’t want the job of coordinator, but if you’re dead-serious interested, you might contact me at MaxwellMaryLLB@ gmail.com. I could at least hold your hand.  Hey, don’t be afraid!  This is America!  You can create. You can find a dozen superb candidates.

Better start now, though — the day grows late….

 

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37 COMMENTS

  1. The nature of the whole “leadership” credo is betrayed by the age of the two top dogs.
    Worse than a couple of geriatric rockers!

    • Berry, I reckon Trump’s and Biden’s “limitations” were well established before age 45.

      Plus, tho no one mentions it, Biden represented (in Congress) the state of Delaware, tightly run by the DuPonts, one of the most grotesque Illuminati families.

      Y’all, please see Fritz Springmeier’s Bloodlines 3-book series. There is not a dram of speculation in it. It is solid business, for example on McGeorge Bundy’s background.

  2. A couple of disclaimers:

    • 1. I know nothing about the topic of the US Electoral system
    • 2. I have been thunderstruck by Matthew Raphael Johnson on more than one occasion. In particular, “Peter I (The Great) was a Freemason” – I did have many lingering odd feelings about his behaviour but I had no idea – it all makes sense now.

    With that in mind, this was a most fascinating talk:

    The Anti Federalists: Founding Fathers of Rural America

    • Pretty interesting: In order to get a proper grip on the subject you’d probably need to do a bit of reading but at least it’s a start

  3. Thank you very much, as always, Julius. Do you recall the 1998 referendum in Oz as to becoming a republic? I am pretty sure it was fixed to fail, and it did fail, as it was tricky to see how the leader would be chosen.

    But that was also an issue for the guys In The Room in 1787. They left it to the end of the summer and kind of threw it together as — with Oz — it really is hard to figure out who can be president. I mentioned Buttar and Atwood because in this day and age we can get a load of their personality and background, thanks to YouTube. And each of them is madly following a justice agenda, which clearly activates the courage of others.

    In the above article I play up the idea of finding a good person, at least someone who would be a symbol of America. The president has not got much constitutional power. He/she just needs to look good. Julius, I believe you that the Anti-federalists were opposing “Rothschild” and that the Federalists who signed the Constitution are part of the great conspiracy. It’s a fact that George Washington was a Freemason and that Benjamin Franklin partied at the Hellfire Club in London.

    Still, the parchment did make possible a system where integrity could play a role. Maybe 50 years ago that ceased to be true because of the power of the press to push us into a non-reality.

    I never departed the fold. I am still right smack there with the Constitution. And, with the power it gives me, I can — pardon me — F the bad guys. I can, I can.

    (And I will, too. Just watch me.) WILLIAM BARR, YOU ARE TOP O’ THE LIST.

    • “fixed to fail”?????
      More like a rogue Government’s transparently failed attempt to cover it’s arse
      Proof positive of whose actually running the Country, what lame dogs they actually are, and how comatose the bulk of the population actually is.

  4. So Mary, in light of what you wrote in the article, and seeing as your finger is on the pulse, what is the likelihood in your opinion that Biden will be discarded and another candidate put in his place at the Democratic convention next month ?

    And, assuming Biden is discarded, is Hillary a shoe-in to fill the void or is there someone else lurking in the shadows ?

    • Troof, my finger is not on that pulse. I have no idea what the DNC will produce. Maybe Pocahontas is waiting in the wings. As for the RNC, maybe Matt Romney.

      • ‘Finger-On-The-Pulse’ was meant in the context that you’re at the coal-face (you’re in the U.S for starters – while we’re oceans away).

        But more than that, you’re politically savvy and have other knowledgeable peers that you interact with.

        Anyway, just thought I’d give it a shot.

        • Sorry if sounded rude, Troof. I have to tell you that my self-image does not have “politically savvy” in it. Rather, the opposite.

          Here s another dark horse: Michele Obama. Or even Tulsi, she smiled broadly when endorsing Joe.

          • No apologies needed Mary – I never interpreted even the faintest whiff of rudeness in your response.

            That said, if you ever were rude in future, no big deal.
            We’re all grown ups and shouldn’t take anything personally.

            Speaking for myself, any and all criticism will be interpreted as tough love. ie: nothing more than feedback intended so that I review my research and check for errors and wrong conclusions drawn.

            Meanwhile, rude/snappy responses will be interpreted as my just desserts for too much niggling (which all of you well know I have a propensity for).

    • Biden is the most convincing argument that Trump is run by the deep state, Biden could not be president 2021-2024 let alone another term, because he is already ga-ga. So the election is really between Trump and Biden’s running mate, who hasn’t been announced yet. either A) Sleepy Joe is keeping the seat warm for this person, or B) he is put there by deep state in order to lose. Which is it? I don’t know, and will the electoral college just pick Trump again anyway, once Biden has completely lost his marbles. It’s like the football grand final, you feel pretty sure it’s rigged but you have no way to prove anything, apart from guessing by who looks like they got the most cocaine to take a dive (hint hint Bill & Hill and Crazy Nancy)

      • “is he is put there by deep state in order to lose.” – When I took a look at that dementia addled, hair sniffing, creep of a crook – that is what I thought. Nobody in their right mind would vote for that sick imbecile.

        OK, what is going on here?

  6. Here in Oz, one in two live below the poverty line. The cost of living most expensive on the planet.
    Remembering this place before computers, the biggest middle class in the world. All stiched up between 911 and Covid 19. Now with a 6 month prison sentence for protesting on the street, our future crushed by traitors enforcing this satanic agenda. These are the consequences of being a Zionist colony.

  7. Mary,
    I don’t know how the American system works, probably not much different to the revolving Masonic doors here. Every selection/election event, we have thousands of candidates but always it ends up being a two horse race from the same stable. That is the Liebore (liberal/labor) coalition. They swap roles from election to election but the policy is always one and the same.

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    “There are more than 1800 surveillance cameras with smart location monitoring across the centre. Other innovations such as x-ray body scanners, biometrics and iris scanning technology, drone surveillance, a specially trained emergency response team and an advanced, fully integrated Security Management System, the first of its kind in New South Wales, ensure that inmates, our staff, visitors and the community are kept safe at all times.”

    • “The world’s oldest intelligence partnership turned 73 this year. Traditionally, trust amongst spies is a rare commodity, but the UKUSA Agreement of 1946 (commonly known as the “Five Eyes”) has more than stood the test of time. Forged under the pressure of the Second World War, the Five Eyes has bound together the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand with unprecedented intelligence sharing and cooperation.

      While conducting archival research into the history of the Five Eyes and the intelligence sharing that led to its creation, I was struck by the unique origins of the alliance. The Five Eyes only exists because of the close bonds ­– strategic, material, and cultural – between Western Anglosphere relations.

      There should be concern, then, that this most successful of alliances appears at risk of fracturing.

      Perhaps it’s a sign of the times that the Five Eyes is now under pressure not by Soviet provocateurs, but by an American administration. There are two areas of contention: first, the construction of next generation 5G networks by the Chinese technology company Huawei and, second, the past US release of classified intelligence to Russian government officials.”

  16. World Economic Forum Davos 30 January 2018

    “ 5 facts you need to understand the new global order

    1 China is in the process of surpassing the US economically
    2 China is leading the largest urbanisation and infrastructure development on earth
    3 China is set to become a global green powerhouse
    4 China is setting the global pace on a digital economy, including cashless payments.
    5 Chinese universities are vaulting to the top of the international rankings.

    All the while, the west seems to be asleep at the wheel. The world’s global and national institutions are increasingly incapable of managing stresses to the system. Democracies, it turns out, lack the incentive systems to address higher-order and longer-term imperatives.
    If we are to survive the global geopolitical transition, we must first accept that the era of US hegemony is over.
    The next order will be more complex and potentially more precarious, but that is the brave new world we face.”

    Straight from the horses mouths. They don’t care, telling us as it is.

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