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GOP electors ought to pick someone besides Trump, but they won't

Republican presidential electors have been deluged with pleas to vote for someone other than Donald Trump. Donald Trump is still unfit to be President of the United States (as is Hillary Clinton, as is Gary Johnson, each in their own way). I wish that, when the Electoral College meets tomorrow...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 18, 2016 9:21 PM

Dinner table discussion: Electoral college, faithless electors, third-party effects, and runoffs

Somehow tonight around the dinner table we got to talking about the Electoral College -- the 538 people who really get to vote for President of the United States. I talked about the two groups of seven Oklahomans that will be on our November 6 ballot -- seven pledged to...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 31, 2012 10:34 PM