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  1. 11-18-2016, 12:33 PM #1
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    The Joy of Being an Elector

    Electoral College voters 'deluged' with death threats

    One of Michigan’s 16 electors who will be called upon to cast a vote validating the election of Donald Trump in the Electoral College has testified on video that he and others in the state are receiving “dozens and dozens of death threats” from Hillary Clinton supporters urging them to switch their votes to Clinton.

    On Dec. 19 the Electoral College will convene to cast their votes for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, with each state’s electors pledged to vote for the candidate elected on Nov. 8 in their state.

    But a handful of states have no laws making it illegal for the electors to change their vote while others have only a minor penalty such as a fine for doing so. If Clinton’s supporters can get enough of the 163 electors from states where Trump both won and votes can be legally switched on Dec. 19, Hillary Clinton becomes the next president of the United States.

    Michael Banerian, 22, of Oakland County, Michigan, is one of that state’s 16 official electors who will meet in the state capital of Lansing on Dec. 19 to cast their votes for Trump. He told the Detroit News Thursday he has received threatening emails, lots of them, from people telling him to vote for Democrat Clinton instead of the GOP victor he is pledged to support. Trump won Michigan’s popular vote and should be able to count on the 16 electoral votes in that state.
    http://www.wnd.com/2016/11/electoral...death-threats/
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    BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Grassroots campaigns have sprung up around the country to try to persuade members of the Electoral College to do something that has never been done in American history — deny the presidency to the clear Election Day winner.

    Activists are circulating online petitions and using social media in hopes of influencing Republican electors to cast their ballots for someone other than President-elect Donald Trump and deprive him of the 270 Electoral College votes needed to become the next occupant of the White House.

    "Yes, I think it's a longshot, but I also think we're living in strange times," said Daniel Brezenoff, who created a petition in favor of Hillary Clinton and is asking signers to lobby electors by email or phone. "If it was ever plausible, it's this year."

    Trump has won 290 electoral votes to Clinton's 232, with Michigan undecided, but Clinton is on pace to win the popular vote by at least 1 million ballots. Trump's opponents are motivated by the outcome of the popular vote and by their contention that the businessman and reality TV star is unfit to serve as commander in chief.
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    Lol, unfit to serve as cic? Compared to hellary or 0bama he's just about perfect for the job. At least, if he's not a nwo shill.
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    "It's mostly just a lot of angry people who don't completely understand how the process works,"


    and that's it right there, they know if they keep reposting this kind of story it's going to generate internet traffic.
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    And if they manage to get enough electors to deny reality, do you think they will be ready for Civil War revisited?
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    Quote Originally Posted by imanaknut View Post
    And if they manage to get enough electors to deny reality, do you think they will be ready for Civil War revisited?
    I'll be surprised if Trump loses the electors, especially after the threats and intimidation. Hellary may have had a chance if the domestic enemies had kept quiet, but as you know they're programmed to react to any slight, and losing the election is hardly a slight.

    Speaking of not taking a loss well;
    http://www.disruptj20.org/

    FBI concerned about terrorist activity on Thanksgiving, Inauguration Day
    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-conc...uguration-day/
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    what if, say 10,000, secrete trump supporters got signed up for the protest and got free bus tickets to DC to counter protest? or at least fuck up their plans.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NAPOTS View Post
    what if, say 10,000, secrete trump supporters got signed up for the protest and got free bus tickets to DC to counter protest? or at least fuck up their plans.
    I don't want to be anywhere near some place that just might see miniguns and flamethrowers used as crowd control.
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