On Oct 22, 2:14 pm, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 22, 5:55 am, The Weasel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Maybe. If Obama's electors are challenged under 3 U.S.C. section 15, > > and if the challenge is sucessful, then it would be up the US House to > > elect the President. For all we know, they could very well elect > > Hillary. > > No it would not.
Yes, it could very well happen in that manner. I suggest that you take the time to educate yourself on the workings of the Electoral College. You might start by reading the 12th Amendment of the US Constitution and the Electoral Count Act of 1887, and the laws but in force by that act, specifically 3 U.S.C. section 15. > The "Election" will be over by the time any challenge is sucessful, > and if the Dmocratic Ticket Wins, Biden becomes President if Obama > cannot fill the Role Legally, all according to the Constitution... False. If Obama "wins" enough electors on November 4th, a challenge under 3 U.S.C. section 15 could be filed in Congress on 1/6/2009. Under that law, the challenge would have to be decided BEFORE Congress could accept the results of the Electoral College vote. IF Obama's electors are disqualified, then no candidate would the required number, thus sending the election to the US House. 12th Amendment "......the person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President." http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxii.html > You know, Biden, the guy that hasn't got a single thing right in all > of this Campaigning?!?!?!?!? You seem to be following in his footsteps. > Again, before you go around trying to tell others what "might" happen, > you may want to LEARN first what it is, for yourself... A Federal Judge ruled in Robinson v. Bowen that the Plaintiff did not have the standing to bring the suit. That a challenge to the citizenship of a candidate could be filed by our Representatives under 3 U.S.C. section 15. Yet, you claim that this is not right?? Let's see a Federal Judge...Gaar.....a Federal Judge...Gaar. If you don't mind, I think that I will take the word of a Federal Judge over yours. Robinson v. Bowen: "It is clear that mechanisms exist under the Twelfth Amendment and 3 U.S.C. 15 for any challenge to any candidate to be ventilated when electoral votes are counted, and that the Twentieth Amendment provides guidance regarding how to proceed if a president elect shall have failed to qualify. Issues regarding qualifications for president are quintessentially suited to the foregoing process. Arguments concerning qualifications or lack thereof can be laid before the voting public before the election and, once the election is over, can be raised as objections as the electoral votes are counted in Congress. The members of the Senate and the House of Representatives are well qualified to adjudicate any objections to ballots for allegedly unqualified candidates. Therefore, this order holds that the challenge presented by plaintiff is committed under the Constitution to the electors and the legislative branch, at least in the first instance. Judicial review — if any — should occur only after the electoral and Congressional processes have run their course. Texas v. United States, 523 U.S. 296, 300–02 (1998)." http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2008cv03836/206145/39/0.pdf --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
