12-25-2016, 10:22 PM
(12-25-2016, 04:32 PM)Rotobeast Wrote: I'd like to know why former POTUSes (totally feels like it should be POTI) are allowed to be electors, especially one with a spouse in the race ?
A former POTUS could sway that college's voting.
Shenanigans, I say !
Disclaimer: I never knew former POTI (screw it, I'm using it ! ) could be electors, until this cycle.
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Constitutionally, if a person is not holding federal office currently or has not rebelled against the state, then they are eligible as electors. Each state can also hav e different rules, but that is the only federal restriction.
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