Common Sense, 2007

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The following is standard Propaganda, created to promote the Constitutionalist Party. I would like to say i've updated it somehow, or that it's 50% whiter or some such, but... well, frankly, i just don't care enough to lie.

Common Sense:
Toward a More Perfect Union

Two hundred and ten years ago, our first Chief Executive declined the call to serve a 3rd term. The living embodiment of Enlightenment leadership offered the following caveats about political parties in his farewell speech:

"This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
"The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.
"Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight), the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.
"It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.
"There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty. This within certain limits is probably true; and in governments of a monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume."

The interceding centuries have provided well for Washington's foresight, with the landscape of our nation's political machinations springing forth new parties to reinvigorate the process of government at regular intervals. Now, it falls upon citizens of our great republic to once again reshape the corpus politic with an organic body of renewed vitality, a forumn free from reactionary positionalism borne by decades of contention. It is our duty to our history, our sacred heritage of democratic spirit, to enjoin our peers in the monumental effort to set higher standards of administrative trust.
Whatever your current affiliation, allegience or obligation, it is your personal civic duty to help build this new organ of political power. Your voice will help shape the chorus we are striving to tune. Your dreams will guide our intent. Your concerns will sharpen our resolve.
You don't have to join this new party to make it work for you, but your duty as an American citizen behooves you to help shape its' reality.
Our primary cause is one of universal necessity: the establishment of direct democratic process in the selection of our President by the removal of the electoral system. We stand now at a technological vantage point hitherto unknown to humankind, one that easily facilitates the requirements for true democracy. The brass ring so long sought after, fought for, paid for in blood and toil by untold generations of men and women is finally effectively in our grasp.
Reach out with us and take it. We owe it to our fallen, we owe it to our children.
It is a matter of common sense. Join the Campaign to Elect Citizen j today, and join the dialogue that will shape the future of democracy in America.

-Citizen j, April 2006


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Six Articles of Impeachment for Richard B Cheney

from Wil S. Hylton and GQ


Here's an email from the "movement":

INVITE ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY! Earlier this week our legislators in WA STATE refused to put an impeachment bill to a vote because they didn't think that's what the people of WA state want! This decision was made for you despite an unprecedented amount of phone calls, emails, and snail mail the legislatures received from all of us supporting the impeachment bill!! Show the people of WA STATE and those whose job it is to REPRESENT us what a powerful presence we are and the thousands and thousands who support the IMPEACHMENT issue!!

We will be organizing for the April 28th Impeach Day on Sunday April 21st! We need your imput! Do something to make real change happen on this EARTH DAY!!

We would like people to 'adopt' overpasses and bring large IMPEACH! signs and be at their assigned overpasses between 1:00pm and 4:00pm on April 28th. World Can't Wait will be on the 45th and 50th St (in the University District) I-5 overpasses that day! Then at 5:00 pm we will be on the North and South side of SAFECO FIELD handing out IMPEACH! balloons! (Please note; the manufacturer states that these are BIODEGRADABLE 100% natural latex balloons)

We will happily advertise your involvement on our website;
http://www.seattleworldcantwait.org/
and what overpass you'll be at this coming week and include a link to your group's website if you have one, or just list you and your friends if that's what you'd like. Please email us at seattle@worldcantwait.org or better yet;

Please come to our regularly scheduled Sunday meeting;
Sunday, April 21st, 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Trinity United Methodist Church
3rd Floor Fireside Room
6512 23rd Ave NW
in Ballard

BE COURAGEOUS- invite everyone you know! Want some talking points to discuss with friends and family on this issue? Try these on;

Why should Bush and Cheney be driven out and IMPEACHED?
Here are just a few of the high crimes and misdemeanors the Bush Adminstration has committed;

*Pre-emptive War based on lies in violation of Nuremburg Principles
*Repeal of Habeas Corpus in violation of the constitution, common decency and civilized society
*Codified and committed Torture through the Military Commissions Act in violation of the Geneva Conventions
*Conducted kidnappings aka 'extraordinary rendition' and now detains over 16,000 people w/o charges and is currently setting up facilities to house 40,000 more in violation the Geneva Conventions
*No-bid contacts given to cronies who over-charged, performed poorly, and have 'lost' millions of dollars of taxpayer money; pure corruption
*Fraudulent elections in violation of the 15th ammendment
*600% increase in terrorism worldwide; shameful incompetence
*Created massive federal debt while giving tax cuts to the wealthy and cutting social services; shameful corruption
*Worked in concert with fundamentalist religious groups to make policy changes and laws in violation of the 1st ammendment
*Spying on American citizens without warrants in violation of the 4th ammendment
*Created the John Warner Defense Act, a portion of which nullifies the Posse Comitatus Act and thereby allows the military to use force against American citizens

And so many more high crimes and misdemeanors that they cannot all be listed here, with no doubt as to the many more as yet unknown crimes that an intensive impeachment investigation would discover.

Our democracy is crumbling! It's time to get out and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT WHILE WE STILL CAN!!

ATTEND THESE EVENTS, and if you CANNOT ATTEND for whatever personal reasons then please DONATE GENEROUSLY! The Seattle World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime needs funds for the contant flyering we do, and the monthly maintainence of our office, website, and phone. To donate please send a check to; "WCW/AGJ" in subject line please include "Seattle WCW" and mail your generous check to;
2442 NW Market St
PO Box #555
Seattle WA 98107.

Hope to see you tomorrow and on the 28th!
World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime, Seattle Chapter


-end remission-

'K. First, tomorrow's the 22nd. They did send a correction email, so let's ignore that.

BUT WHAT THE FUCKEDY COCK IS UP WITH ALLCAPS AND EXCLAIMATIONS!!!

It's not as if this wasn't generated by a script; the "WA STATE" insertion in triplicate is a give away that this was templated. Which then makes the hyperbolic "unprecedented emails" claim glare with cynical offalism, a shiney turd bobbing nauseatingly adrift in the toddler's bedpan of that opening paragraph. So someone made a template, with the wrong date, formulated for failure, and decided the inflection of summertime chatroom was the stylistic element needed to motivate the masses.

Nice. I love activism. Makes me feel like i'm in the company of reasonable adults. Always has.

I guess i'll drop a sign off of Dravus overpass, maybe. Maybe show up at the Ballard meeting just to be counted as a potential 5th columnist. No worries, Big Bro; the other 4 are MIA.



I ripped all of anti-tenure patriarch Nels' vids and stuck 'em into the media blender that is Brightcove. This is one for you fellow media propagationistaz to keep an eye on, being as it's true Web 2.0. Flash feeds with syndication controls and ad-space hooks to make the medium massage the media into mass-media message space. Ideally. No offers yet, but i tweaked the tags a bit tonight so...we'll see.

This is why i'll be doing some form of public pro-impeachment prostitution tomorrow. Concerned Citizens are duty-bound to carry the news of the day until the newspapers do.

Those of us who care too much go the extra mile
to tell you what we make you think.
Close your eyes and count to 100, please.

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Helmet - Wilma And Betty

Truth™

One-Handalone ClaPlayer

WTC 7 - Audit that, biotchesez!!!


Candidate's comment to Popular Mechanics:
I think Canada did it to take our attentions away from their assumption of Bechtel's bid-list; and although i would like to believe that Pop Mechanics' armchair CSI is plausible as much as i would the standard Truther™ fable (that Dubya and his Illuminati freinds used alien C4), niether get my timeslice. I require hard lab forensics, and you both have missed the option for an actual inquiry by years.

All the evidence is gone.

So, only speculative sleuthing is left.

Start with motive.
I'd put Kaliph S Moha' as prime suspect at this point; he's the one with a stated threat AND a prior attempt. 9-11 would have been a successful life's work for him. However, his cabal wasn't particularly good at IT (International Terrorism), being moled out in the 90's; he's no Jackal.

Ideologues are the exception among criminal masterminds, though. Most are just greedy. Thus the next most likely suspect is a profile familiar in New York; an inspecific slumlord, one who has a partner who's into development and another in demolitions, maybe another in industrial scrap. Remember, the bullion in the basements was moved out too.
Next would be Haliburton, for real; even a 5th grader could see by the time tower 2 came down that we were going to war with Iraq, and that meant a cash payoff for our usual suspects in war profiteering.

I'm sure a couple more cabals could be reasonably suspected prior to adding our Sunni allies in Afganistan to the list of criminally motivated, and without a money trail i really don't see them motivated enough to spend as much as was required to train, inject and house the agents here who pulled it off.

First, follow the money. Who benifits? The benificiary or Bin Laden? How much cash is being/has been spread around as opposed to lump-sum dropped on particular companies involved in the properties affected?

I mean, IF you want to get at an answer. If you just want to bitch about a bitch's demand for a real investigation and give the rest of us no real meat from EITHER camp, do by all means keep playing the 9-11 Truth™ Game with the conspiracy crowd.

I know I sure love it. It's refreshing to have so many people in the country around me dance around the real issues and throw shit at each other.

No wonder we still have the electoral college embarassment...

/C_j's comment

Oh, do let's all jump on the lesbian for actually talking about a politically pertainant issue.


Gloria Stienem: GynaGatekeeper


W/E. I'm telling you, drop it. Time's wasting, and there's no aliens coming to give you more.


Simian Suffrage?

The Dems will put a woman or a black up. This will give you a Republican president in 2008, even if the popular vote disagrees. Congress will allow Dubya's agenda to play out, since that's what Congress does is facilitate the ruling cabal's agenda.

Unless you limit their terms.


Tro' Da Bums Out!

Tenure Corrupts

I'm Not Going Out With Iran, We're Just Freinds

I'm still awaiting footage of IRI's weekend space-shot, which evidently saw The Islamic Republic of Iran put a payload into orbit on it's own rocket. Russia had popped last year's satellite into orbit, and a mere turn around the sun later they've done it for themselves.

Mesbah: A Satellite Named "Pool"

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I still voted with the majority 54.7% of Al Jazeera English pollers.

POLL:Should Iran face further sanctions over its nuclear programme?

Yes : 35.2 %

No : 54.7 %

I don't know : 10.1 %

Number of pollers:16529

This goes hand in hand with comments on the subject in the BBC. I imagine the British press will be a little more even-handed on issues of Middle Eastern concern for a while, since they're leaving Occupation: Enduring Our Operations along with my Danish cousins. I'm sure the aebleskivers will be missed.

Uruknet.info Knows That Foreign Policy Is Complicated.

Let's Just Not Talk About That Taxi Our Boys Shot Up, 'K?
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Joe's got some choice words as usual. Check it.


Cuppa Joe
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Beatmatching Mash-Ups With Sue Teller
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Dunno how long i'll be able to keep myself from redoing this:

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What we have here is

The Only Online Compendium
of US State Laws Governing
Presidential Electoral Procedure.

That's right.
We bad.
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Electoral Procedure by State, Terminal.

No Legal Requirement - Electors in these States are not bound by State Law to cast their vote for a specific candidate:
PENNSYLVANIA - 21 Electoral Votes 
RHODE ISLAND - 4 Electoral Votes
SOUTH CAROLINA - 8 Electoral Votes
State Pledge / State Law -(Replacement and criminal sanctions for violation.) § 7-19-80

SECTION 7-19-70. Election of presidential electors; certificates of appointment.
Unless otherwise provided, the election of presidential electors shall be conducted and the returns made in the manner prescribed by this chapter for the election of state officers.
The names of candidates for electors of President and Vice President nominated by any political party recognized in this State under Section 7-9-10 or by a valid petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State but shall not be printed on the ballot. In place of their names, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-13-320, there shall be printed on the ballot the names of the candidates for President and Vice President of each political party recognized in this State and the names of any petition candidates for President and Vice President. A vote for the candidates named on the ballot shall be a vote for the electors of the party by which those candidates were nominated or the electors of petition candidates whose names have been filed with the Secretary of State.
Upon receipt of the certified determination of the Board of State Canvassers and delivered to him in accordance with Section 7-17-300, the Secretary of State, under his hand and the seal of his office, as required by Section 7-17-310, shall certify to the Governor the names of the persons elected to the office of elector for President and Vice President of the United States as stated in the certified determination, who shall be deemed appointed as electors.
It shall be the duty of the Governor, as soon as practicable after the conclusion of the appointment of the electors pursuant to the laws of the State providing for the election and appointment of the electors, to communicate by registered mail under the seal of the State to the Administrator of General Services a certificate of appointment of the electors, setting forth the names of the electors and the canvass or other ascertainment under the laws of this State of the number of votes given or cast for each person for whose appointment any and all votes have been given or cast. It shall also thereupon be the duty of the Governor to deliver to the electors of the State, on or before the day on which they are required by law to meet, six duplicate originals of the same certificate under the seal of the State. If there shall have been any final determination in the manner provided for by law of a controversy or contest concerning the appointment of all or any of the electors, it shall be the duty of the Governor, as soon as practicable after the determination, to communicate under the seal of the State to the Administrator of General Services a certificate of such determination.
SECTION 7-19-80. Candidate for elector shall declare for which candidates he will vote; elector shall vote for candidates for whom he declared.
Each candidate for presidential and vice-presidential elector shall declare which candidate for president and vice-president he will vote for if elected. Those elected shall vote for the president and vice-president candidates for whom they declared. Any person selected to fill a vacancy in the electoral college shall vote for the candidates the elector whose place he is taking had declared for. The declaration shall be made to the Secretary of State on such form as he may require not later than sixty days prior to the general election for electors. No candidate for president and vice-president elector shall have his name placed on the ballot who fails to make such declaration by the prescribed time. Any elector who votes contrary to the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of violating the election laws of this State and upon conviction shall be punished according to law. Any registered elector shall have the right to institute proper action to require compliance with the provisions of this section. The Attorney General shall institute criminal action for any violation of the provision of this section. Provided, the executive committee of the party from which an elector of the electoral college was elected may relieve the elector from the obligation to vote for a specific candidate when, in its judgment, circumstances shall have arisen which, in the opinion of the committee, it would not be in the best interest of the State for the elector to cast his ballot for such a candidate.
SECTION 7-19-90. Meeting of electors; organization; balloting and certification of results.
The electors for President and Vice President shall convene at the capitol, in the office of the Secretary of State, at eleven in the forenoon, on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their appointment, and shall proceed to effect a permanent organization by the election of a president and secretary from their own body. The electors shall next proceed to fill by ballot and by plurality of votes all vacancies in the electoral college occasioned by the death, refusal to serve, or neglect to attend, of any elector. The electors shall then and there vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves.
The electors shall make and sign six certificates of all the votes given by them for President and Vice President, each of which certificates shall contain two distinct lists, one of the votes for President and the other for Vice President, and shall annex to each of the certificates one of the lists of the electors which shall have been furnished to them by the Secretary of State by direction of the Governor. The electors shall seal up separately the certificates and lists of the electors so made by them, and certify upon each that the list of all the votes of the State given for President, and of all of the votes given for Vice President are contained therein.
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No Legal Requirement - Electors in these States are not bound by State Law to cast their vote for a specific candidate:
SOUTH DAKOTA - 3 Electoral Votes 
TENNESSEE - 11 Electoral Votes 
TEXAS - 34 Electoral Votes 
UTAH - 5 Electoral Votes

VERMONT - 3 Electoral Votes
State Law - title 17, § 2732

TITLE 17
Elections
CHAPTER 57. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

§ 2721. Nomination of presidential electors
In presidential election years, presidential electors for major political parties shall be nominated at the party platform convention held pursuant to this title. Electors for all other presidential candidates shall be nominated pursuant to subchapter 3 of chapter 49 of this title. (Added 1979, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 6, 1980.)
§ 2722. Certification of nominees for electors
After adjournment of the platform convention of a major political party, the chairman and secretary of the convention shall promptly execute a sworn statement certifying the names, towns of residence, and correct mailing addresses of the persons nominated by the convention to serve as electors, and shall promptly file the statement with the secretary of state, along with the written consent of each person to be a nominee for elector. (Added 1979, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 6, 1980.)
§ 2731. Certificates of election
When the canvassing board provided for in section 2592 of this title meets, it shall issue its certificates of election, with respect to the presidential election, to the electors nominated by the party whose candidate for president has received the greatest number of votes. (Added 1979, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 6, 1980.)
§ 2732. Meeting of electors
The electors shall meet at the state house on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election, to vote for president and vice-president of the United States, agreeably to the laws of the United States. If there is a vacancy in the electoral college on that day, occasioned by death, refusal to act, neglect to attend, failure of a person elected to qualify, or for other cause, the other electors present shall at once fill such vacancy viva voce and by a plurality of votes. When all the electors appear or a vacancy therein is filled, the electors shall perform the duties required of them by the constitution and laws of the United States. If a vacancy occurs and is filled as aforesaid, the electors shall attach to the certificate of their votes a statement showing how such a vacancy occurred and their action thereon. The electors must vote for the candidates for president and vice-president who received the greatest number of votes at the general election. (Added 1979, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 6, 1980.)

Curiously, Vermont's electoral law goes on too long for me to swallow that last binding edict. The top ten list is now a top 15, maybe.

Let's push on.

VIRGINIA - 13 Electoral Votes
State Law - (Virginia statute may be advisory - "Shall be expected" to vote for nominees.)§ 24.1-162

24.2-202. Electors for President and Vice President.
The qualified voters of the Commonwealth shall choose the Commonwealth's electors for President and Vice President of the United States at the general election in November 1996, and every fourth year the
The qualified voters of the Commonwealth shall choose the Commonwealth's electors for President and Vice President of the United States at the general election in November 1996, and every fourth year thereafter. Each voter shall vote for a number of electors which equals the whole number of senators and representatives to which the Commonwealth at that time is entitled in the Congress of the United States.

§ 24.2-203. Convening of electors; filling vacancies; how electors required to vote.
The electors shall convene at the capitol building in the capital city of the Commonwealth at 12:00 noon on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December following their election. Those electors present shall immediately fill, by ballot and by a plurality of votes, any vacancy due to death, failure or inability to attend, refusal to act, or other cause. When all electors are present, or the vacancies have been filled, they shall proceed to perform the duties required of such electors by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Electors selected by the state convention of any political party as defined in § 24.2-101 shall be required to vote for the nominees of the national convention to which the state convention elects delegates. Electors named in any petition of qualified voters as provided in § 24.2-543 shall be required to vote for the persons named for President and for Vice President in the petition.

An Even more specious set of instructions for electors and voters wishing to get counted. I like the indy party/petition coalition provision, though.
No Legal Requirement - Electors in these States are not bound by State Law to cast their vote for a specific candidate:
WEST VIRGINIA - 5 Electoral Votes

Here's where i was pushing: the last of the official "not bound" list, states in which electoral practice is admittedly unfettered by a requirement of democratic resonance.

Let's bring 'em out again folks!

ARIZONA - 10 Electoral Votes ARKANSAS - 6 Electoral Votes DELAWARE - 3 Electoral Votes GEORGIA - 15 Electoral Votes IDAHO - 4 Electoral Votes ILLINOIS - 21 Electoral Votes INDIANA - 11 Electoral Votes IOWA - 7 Electoral Votes KANSAS - 6 Electoral Votes KENTUCKY - 8 Electoral Votes LOUISIANA - 9 Electoral Votes MINNESOTA - 10 Electoral Votes	MISSOURI - 11 Electoral Votes NEW HAMPSHIRE - 4 Electoral Votes NEW JERSEY - 15 Electoral Votes NEW YORK - 31 Electoral Votes NORTH DAKOTA - 3 Electoral Votes PENNSYLVANIA - 21 Electoral Votes RHODE ISLAND - 4 Electoral Votes SOUTH DAKOTA - 3 Electoral Votes TENNESSEE - 11 Electoral Votes TEXAS - 34 Electoral Votes UTAH - 5 Electoral Votes WEST VIRGINIA - 5 Electoral Votes
Total Votes Up For Grab:	257
Majority Needed to Elect:	270

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WASHINGTON - 11 Electoral Votes
Party Pledge / State Law -($1000 fine.)§§ 29.71.020, 29.71.040, Supp.
RCW 29A.56.320
Nomination -- Pledge by electors -- What names on ballots -- How counted.
In the year in which a presidential election is held, each major political party and each minor political party or independent candidate convention held under chapter 29A.20 RCW that nominates candidates for president and vice president of the United States shall nominate presidential electors for this state. The party or convention shall file with the secretary of state a certificate signed by the presiding officer of the convention at which the presidential electors were chosen, listing the names and addresses of the presidential electors. Each presidential elector shall execute and file with the secretary of state a pledge that, as an elector, he or she will vote for the candidates nominated by that party. The names of presidential electors shall not appear on the ballots. The votes cast for candidates for president and vice president of each political party shall be counted for the candidates for presidential electors of that political party.

[2003 c 111 § 1425. Prior: 1990 c 59 § 69; 1977 ex.s. c 238 § 1; 1965 c 9 §29.71.020 ; prior: 1935 c 20 § 1; RRS § 5138-1. Formerly RCW 29.71.020.]
Standard name switching Party pledge substitute hitter.
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WISCONSIN - 10 Electoral Votes
State Law -§ 7.75
7.75      
7.75Presidential electors meeting.

7.75(1)      
(1) The electors for president and vice president shall meet at the state capitol following the presidential election at 12:00 noon the first Monday after the 2nd Wednesday in December. If there is a vacancy in the office of an elector due to death, refusal to act, failure to attend or other cause, the electors present shall immediately proceed to fill by ballot, by a plurality of votes, the electoral college vacancy. When all electors are present, or the vacancies filled, they shall perform their required duties under the constitution and laws of the United States.

7.75(2)      
(2) The presidential electors, when convened, shall vote by ballot for that person for president and that person for vice president who are, respectively, the candidates of the political party which nominated them under s. 8.18, the candidates whose names appeared on the nomination papers filed under s. 8.20, or the candidate or candidates who filed their names under s. 8.185 (2), except that at least one of the persons for whom the electors vote may not be an inhabitant of this state. A presidential elector is not required to vote for a candidate who is deceased at the time of the meeting.
 
Wisco' almost gets it right(ish), but at the last minute appears to forget how to decide which electors get to vote. We'll look into this one more.

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WYOMING - 3 Electoral Votes
State Law - §§ 22-19-106; 22-19-108

CHAPTER 19
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

2219101.  When elected; number.

At a general election for president and vicepresident of the United States, electors for president and vicepresident of the United States shall be elected equal in number to senators and representatives in congress allotted to the state of Wyoming.

2219102.  Nomination.

(a)  In a general election year, the state convention of a political party nominating candidates for president and vice-president of the United States shall nominate the party's candidates for presidential electors and file certificates of nomination for these candidates with the secretary of state not later than thirty (30) days following termination of the state convention.

(b)  Independent candidates for president shall file the candidate’s nominees for presidential electors not less than seventy (70) days prior to the general election. The nominees shall be qualified electors.

2219103.  Crediting of votes.

The number of votes received by presidential and vice-presidential candidates is the number of votes credited to their electors.

2219104.  Certificate of election; directive.

Immediately upon filing of the certificate of the state canvassing board stating the result of the election, the governor shall issue a certificate of election to candidates elected to the office of presidential elector. The certificate shall direct the elector to attend a meeting with the governor in the office of the secretary of state at 12:00 noon on the Monday following the second Wednesday in December of presidential election years.

2219105.  Vacancy in nomination.

A vacancy in nomination for the office of presidential elector occurring before the general election shall be filled by the state central committee of the political party whose vacancy is to be filled or by an independent candidate's remaining electors, by certifying the name of the person filling the vacancy to the secretary of state.

2219106.  Certified electors to meet; vacancies.

Certified electors shall convene in the office of the secretary of state at 12:00 noon on the Monday following the second Wednesday in December of presidential election years. A vacancy in the office of elector for any cause including nonattendance shall be filled and certified by a majority of electors present.

2219107.  College of electors; duties.

When all electors are present and vacancies filled they shall constitute the college of electors of the state of Wyoming and shall perform duties as required by the constitution and laws of the United States.

2219108.  How electors to vote.

All Wyoming electors shall vote for the candidates for the office of president and vicepresident receiving the highest number of votes in the Wyoming general election.

2219109.  Compensation and mileage.

An elector shall receive fifty dollars ($50.00) compensation and mileage at the present rate for state employees.


Wyoming made me D/L a file and OPEN WORD. That's fascism for ya.
Their State's electoral procedure is an All-For-One though, and electors have to vote with the herd.


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COLORADO - 9 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 1-4-304

SECTION 3.  1-4-304 (5), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
        1-4-304.  Presidential electors. (5)  Each presidential elector shall vote for the pair of presidential CANDIDATE and, BY SEPARATE BALLOT, vice-presidential candidates CANDIDATE who received the highest number of votes at the preceding general election in this state.
We have a winner! Colorado comes closest to actually representing it's people. However, in this case the majority winner gets all of Colorado's votes, which isn't a reflection of the voter's will so much as a magnification of the majority will. This is exactly what opponenets of direct democracy claim that that electoral college prevents: a heavy handed majority count. Why bother using a system if it's going to cost more time and money and express the majority opinion in an inflated fashion?

Only one reason i can think of. To allow for slippage.

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CONNECTICUT - 7 Electoral Votes
State Law § 9-175

A good example of state law that contributes to the myth of the electoral college as an expression of democratic process can be seen in the Connecticut Confusion Code, a tiresome section of CN state law which states that "elector" means "voter" at the state level.

It does not at the Federal level. This is a classic red herring/grouse hunt, provided by a classic perpetuator of classic Western electoral tyranny. Remember, the colonial revolt was led by aristocrats with an agenda that did not have it's roots in the establishment of direct democracy but in the suplantation of local elitism for Imperial elitism.

I'm not going to bother including the text here, i'm still looking into this state's procedure.

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No Legal Requirement 
Electors in these States are not bound by State Law to cast their vote for a specific candidate:
DELAWARE - 3 Electoral Votes
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - 3 Electoral Votes
DC Pledge / DC Law - § 1-1312(g)

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FLORIDA - 27 Electoral Votes
Party Pledge / State Law - § 103.021(1)

Title IX   ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 103   PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS; POLITICAL PARTIES; EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES AND MEMBERS
103.021  Nomination for presidential electors.--Candidates for presidential electors shall be nominated in the following manner:
(1)  The Governor shall nominate the presidential electors of each political party. The state executive committee of each political party shall by resolution recommend candidates for presidential electors and deliver a certified copy thereof to the Governor before September 1 of each presidential election year. The Governor shall nominate only the electors recommended by the state executive committee of the respective political party. Each such elector shall be a qualified elector of the party he or she represents who has taken an oath that he or she will vote for the candidates of the party that he or she is nominated to represent. The Governor shall certify to the Department of State on or before September 1, in each presidential election year, the names of a number of electors for each political party equal to the number of senators and representatives which this state has in Congress.
(2)  The names of the presidential electors shall not be printed on the general election ballot, but the names of the actual candidates for President and Vice President for whom the presidential electors will vote if elected shall be printed on the ballot in the order in which the party of which the candidate is a nominee polled the highest number of votes for Governor in the last general election.
(3)  Candidates for President and Vice President with no party affiliation may have their names printed on the general election ballots if a petition is signed by 1 percent of the registered electors of this state, as shown by the compilation by the Department of State for the last preceding general election. A separate petition from each county for which signatures are solicited shall be submitted to the supervisor of elections of the respective county no later than July 15 of each presidential election year. The supervisor shall check the names and, on or before the date of the primary election, shall certify the number shown as registered electors of the county. The supervisor shall be paid by the person requesting the certification the cost of checking the petitions as prescribed in s. 99.097. The supervisor shall then forward the certificate to the Department of State which shall determine whether or not the percentage factor required in this section has been met. When the percentage factor required in this section has been met, the Department of State shall order the names of the candidates for whom the petition was circulated to be included on the ballot and shall permit the required number of persons to be certified as electors in the same manner as party candidates.
(4)(a)  A minor political party that is affiliated with a national party holding a national convention to nominate candidates for President and Vice President of the United States may have the names of its candidates for President and Vice President of the United States printed on the general election ballot by filing with the Department of State a certificate naming the candidates for President and Vice President and listing the required number of persons to serve as electors. Notification to the Department of State under this subsection shall be made by September 1 of the year in which the election is held. When the Department of State has been so notified, it shall order the names of the candidates nominated by the minor political party to be included on the ballot and shall permit the required number of persons to be certified as electors in the same manner as other party candidates. As used in this section, the term "national party" means a political party established and admitted to the ballot in at least one state other than Florida.
(b)  A minor political party that is not affiliated with a national party holding a national convention to nominate candidates for President and Vice President of the United States may have the names of its candidates for President and Vice President printed on the general election ballot if a petition is signed by 1 percent of the registered electors of this state, as shown by the compilation by the Department of State for the preceding general election. A separate petition from each county for which signatures are solicited shall be submitted to the supervisors of elections of the respective county no later than July 15 of each presidential election year. The supervisor shall check the names and, on or before the date of the primary election, shall certify the number shown as registered electors of the county. The supervisor shall be paid by the person requesting the certification the cost of checking the petitions as prescribed in s. 99.097. The supervisor shall then forward the certificate to the Department of State, which shall determine whether or not the percentage factor required in this section has been met. When the percentage factor required in this section has been met, the Department of State shall order the names of the candidates for whom the petition was circulated to be included on the ballot and shall permit the required number of persons to be certified as electors in the same manner as other party candidates.
(5)  When for any reason a person nominated or elected as a presidential elector is unable to serve because of death, incapacity, or otherwise, the Governor may appoint a person to fill such vacancy who possesses the qualifications required for the elector to have been nominated in the first instance. Such person shall file with the Governor an oath that he or she will support the same candidates for President and Vice President that the person who is unable to serve was committed to support.
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Florida has a "Party Pledge" electoral law, which in essence grants the two major parties the state's 27 electoral votes. Note: although it is implied that the electors are elected upon the count of the general ballot, it doesn't actually say that. The parties' internal committees provide nominees, and the Governor chooses from those lists. Then...magic happens, and this is called representative democracy.


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No Legal Requirement 
Electors in these States are not bound by State Law to cast their vote for a specific candidate:
GEORGIA - 15 Electoral Votes

HAWAII - 4 Electoral Votes
State Law - §§ 14-26 to 14-28

PART II.  PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
 
     §14-21  Nomination of presidential electors and alternates; certification; notification of nominees.  In each year when electors of president and vice president of the United States are to be chosen, each of the political parties or parties or groups qualified under section 11-113 shall hold a state party or group convention pursuant to the constitution, bylaws, and rules of the party or group; and nominate as candidates for its party or group as many electors, and a first and second alternate for each elector, of president and vice president of the United States as the State is then entitled.  The electors and alternates shall be registered voters of the State.  The names and addresses of the nominees shall be certified by the chairperson and secretary of the convention of the respective parties or groups and submitted to the chief election officer not later than 4:30 p.m. on the sixtieth day prior to the general election of the same year.  The chief election officer upon receipt thereof, shall immediately notify each of the nominees for elector and alternate elector of the nomination. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1973, c 217, §4(b); am L 1981, c 100, §2(1); gen ch 1993]

§14-22  Contested nominations of presidential electors and alternates.  If more than one certificate of choice and selection of presidential electors and alternate electors of the same political party or group is filed with the chief election officer, as chairperson of the contested presidential electors' committee hereby constituted, the chief election officer shall notify the state comptroller and attorney general, who are the remaining members of the committee, of the date, time, and place of the hearing to be held for the purposes of making a determination of which set of electors and alternative electors were lawfully chosen and selected by the political party or group.  Notice of the hearing shall be given to the chairperson of the state central committee of each political party and the chairperson of each party or group qualified under section 11-113, contestants for the positions of electors and alternate electors by written notice, and to all other interested parties by public notice at least once.  A determination shall be made by the committee by majority vote not later than 4:30 p.m. on October 30 of the same year and the determination shall be final.  Notice of the results shall be given to the nominees duly determined to have been chosen.  The committee shall have all the powers enumerated in section 11-43. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1973, c 217, §4(c); am L 1981, c 100, §2(2); gen ch 1993; am L 1998, c 2, §7]

     §14-23  Time for election, number to be chosen.  In each presidential election year there shall be elected at large, at the general election, by the voters of the State, as many electors and alternates of president and vice president of the United States as the State is then entitled to elect, in the manner provided under section 11-113.  The electors and the alternates must be registered voters of the State.  The election shall be conducted and the results thereof determined in conformity with the laws governing general elections except as otherwise provided. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1977, c 189, §3]

  §14-24  Certificate of election, notice of meeting.  Not later than 4:30 p.m. on the last day in the month of the election, or as soon as the returns have been received from all counties in the State, if received before that time, the chief election officer shall certify to the governor the names of the presidential electors and alternates of the same political party or group as the candidates for president and vice president receiving the highest number of votes as elected as presidential electors and alternates.  Thereupon the governor shall in accordance with the laws of the United States, communicate by registered mail under the seal of the State of Hawaii to the administrator of general services of the United States, the certificates of persons elected as presidential electors, setting forth the names of the electors and the total number of votes cast for each elector.  The chief election officer shall thereupon, together with a notice of the time and place of the meeting of the electors, cause to issue and transmit to each elector and alternate a certificate of election signed by the governor in substantially the following form:
 
CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION OF
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
 
     I,...............Governor of the State of Hawaii, do hereby certify that..............., a member of the...............party or group, was on the...............day of..............., 19....., duly elected a Presidential Elector for the State of Hawaii for the presidential election of 19.....
 
CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION OF
ALTERNATE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR
 
     I,...............Governor of the State of Hawaii, do hereby certify that..............., a member of the...............party or group, was on the...............day of..............., 19....., duly elected...............Alternate Presidential Elector for Presidential Elector...............for the State of Hawaii for the presidential election of 19...... [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1973, c 217, §4(d); am L 1981, c 100, §2(3)]

     §14-25  Duties of the governor.  On or before the day of the meeting of the electors the governor shall deliver to the electors a list of the names of electors, and the governor shall perform any other duties relating to the presidential electors which are required of the governor by laws of the United States. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; gen ch 1985]

     §14-26  Assembly of electors at state capital; time.  The electors chosen shall assemble at the state capital on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election, at two o'clock in the afternoon. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2]

     §14-27  Filling vacancies of presidential electors.  In case of the death or absence of any elector chosen, or if the number of electors is deficient for any other reason, the vacancy or vacancies shall be filled by the alternates in the order of their numerical designation for their respective electors causing the vacancy or vacancies, and in the event that vacancy or vacancies still exist, then the electors present shall select from the members of the same political party or group as many persons as will supply the deficiency.  Certificates for the alternates or substitutes as presidential electors shall be issued by the governor. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1981, c 100, §2(4)]

     §14-28  Convening and voting for president and vice president; party vote.  The electors, when convened, if both candidates are alive, shall vote by ballot for that person for president and that person for vice president of the United States, who are, respectively, the candidates of the political party or group which they represent, one of whom, at least, is not an inhabitant of this State. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1981, c 100, §2(5)]

     §14-29  Naming persons voted for in ballots, separate ballots.  The electors shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in separate ballots the person voted for as vice president. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2]

     §14-30  Lists of persons voted for and number of votes, certification, transmission to president of the senate.  The electors shall separately list the persons voted for as president and as vice president, respectively, and the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign, certify, seal, and transmit by mail, one copy to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the president of the senate of the United States, and make such other disposition of the lists as required by law. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2]

     §14-31  Compensation and mileage of electors, amounts.  Each presidential elector shall receive $50 for the elector's services, plus the reasonable cost of transportation from the elector's voting residence in the State to the state capital and return.  Their accounts shall be certified to by the chief election officer and audited by the state comptroller, and shall be payable out of the general fund. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; gen ch 1985] 


What's the beef, bra?

   §14-28  Convening and voting for president and vice president; party vote.  The electors, when convened, if both candidates are alive, shall vote by ballot for that person for president and that person for vice president of the United States, who are, respectively, the candidates of the political party or group which they represent, one of whom, at least, is not an inhabitant of this State. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1981, c 100, §2(5)]

There's your democratic principle at work, Mr. Washington.

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No Legal Requirement 
Electors in these States are not bound by State Law to cast their vote for a specific candidate:

IDAHO - 4 Electoral Votes 
ILLINOIS - 21 Electoral Votes 
INDIANA - 11 Electoral Votes 
IOWA - 7 Electoral Votes 
KANSAS - 6 Electoral Votes 
KENTUCKY - 8 Electoral Votes 
LOUISIANA - 9 Electoral Votes


MAINE - 4 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 805

Title 21-A: ELECTIONS
  Chapter 9: CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS
    Subchapter 5: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
      
§805. Convention duties

    The duties of the presidential electors in convention are as follows. [1985, c. 161, §6 (new).]


      1. Separate ballots. When convened as required by section 804, the presidential electors shall each cast separate ballots for President and Vice President, at least one of whom must not be a resident of this State.[1985, c. 161, §6 (new).]


      2. Presidential electors. The presidential electors at large shall cast their ballots for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who received the largest number of votes in the State. The presidential electors of each congressional district shall cast their ballots for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who received the largest number of votes in each respective congressional district.[1985, c. 161, §6 (new).]


      3. Certificate prepared and sent. The presidential electors shall make and subscribe to 6 certificates containing the number of votes cast separately for President and Vice President. They shall attach one of the lists of electors furnished them by the Governor to each certificate. They shall seal each certificate and attached list in an envelope stating that a certificate of the votes of this State for President and Vice President is contained inside.[1985, c. 161, §6 (new).]


      4. Envelope sent immediately.[1989, c. 166, §7 (rp).]


      4-A. Certificates sent immediately. The presidential electors shall send immediately by registered mail one certificate to the President of the Senate of the United States and 2 certificates to the Archivist of the United States in Washington, D.C. The presidential electors shall deliver 2 certificates to the Secretary of State, who shall hold one of them subject to the order of the President of the Senate of the United States and shall retain the other for public inspection for one year. The presidential electors shall deliver one certificate to the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine.[1989, c. 166, §8 (new).]


      5. Envelope sent next day.[1989, c. 166, §9 (rp).]


Maine turns out to be as faithfully representative as Colorado, both of whom surpass all others so far.

California via Alabama

Catch-up codes for electoral proceedure by state.



ALABAMA - 9 Electoral Votes
Party Pledge / State Law - § 17-19-2

Turning to the Alabama Electoral Code:

Section 17-19-2

Certification of names of candidates; nominating petitions; names of electors; statement of electors.

(a) When presidential electors are to be chosen, the Secretary of State of Alabama shall certify to the judges of probate of the several counties the names of all candidates for President and Vice-President who are nominated by any national convention or other like assembly of any political party or by written petition signed by at least 5,000 qualified voters of this state.

(b) The certificate of nomination by a political party convention must be signed by the presiding officer and secretary of the convention and by the chairman of the state executive or central committee of the political party making the nomination. Any nominating petition, to be valid, must contain the signatures as well as the addresses of the petitioners. Such certificates and petitions must be filed in the office of the Secretary of State no later than the 6th day of September next preceding the day fixed for the election.

(c) Each certificate of nomination and nominating petition must be accompanied by a list of the names and addresses of persons, who shall be qualified voters of this state, equal in number to the number of presidential electors to be chosen. Each person so listed shall execute the following statement which shall be attached to the certificate or petition when the same is filed with the Secretary of State: "I do hereby consent and do hereby agree to serve as elector for President and Vice-President of the United States, if elected to that position, and do hereby agree that, if so elected, I shall cast my ballot as such elector for _____ for President and _____ for Vice-President of the United States" (inserting in said blank spaces the respective names of the persons named as nominees for said respective offices in the certificate to which this statement is attached).

(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 138, p. 370, §2; Act 2003-311, p. 731, §1.)


Get the gist? In Alabama, the party with the mostest decides the vote for President, irregardless of popular count, in advance of the election by pledging the electors, who are chosen by parties, to a candidate.

We'll see this set-up again.

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ALASKA - 3 Electoral Votes
Party Pledge / State Law - § 15.30.040; 15.30.070

Sec. 15.30.010. Provision of selection of electors. Electors of President and Vice President of the United States are selected by election at the general election in presidential election years. (Sec. 6.01 ch 83 SLA 1960; am sec. 10 ch 71 SLA 1972)

Sec. 15.30.020. Number and manner of selecting candidates. Each political party shall select a number of candidates for electors of President and Vice-President of the United States equal to the number of senators and representatives to which the state is entitled in Congress. The candidates for electors shall be selected by the state party convention or in any other manner prescribed by the bylaws of the party. The chairperson and secretary of the state convention or any other party official designated by the party bylaws shall certify a list of the names of candidates for electors to the director on or before September 1 in presidential election years. (Sec 6.02 ch 83 SLA 1960; am sec. 143 ch 100 SLA 1980; am sec. 61 ch 82 SLA 2000)

Sec. 15.30.025. Qualifications for limited political parties. (a) A limited political party may be organized for the purpose of selecting candidates for electors of President and Vice President of the United States by filing with the director at least 90 days before a presidential general election a petition signed by qualified voters of the state equaling in number at least one percent of the number of voters who cast ballots for President at the last presidential election. The petition shall state that the signers intend to organize a limited political party, that they intend to select candidates for electors of President and Vice President of the United States at the next succeeding presidential election, and the name of the limited political party.

(b) A limited political party organized under this section may not assume a name which is so similar to an existing political party as to confuse or mislead the voters at an election. If the director determines that the name of the limited political party set out in a petition is confusing or misleading, the director may refuse to accept the petition for filing.

(c) A limited political party organized under this section ceases to be a limited political party if its presidential candidate fails to receive at least three percent of the number of voters who cast ballots for the office of President at a presidential election. (Sec. 1 ch 160 SLA 1970; am sec. 144 ch 100 SLA 1980; am secs. 28, 29 ch 85 SLA 1986)

Sec. 15.30.030. Qualification of electors. Any qualified voter except a United States senator or representative or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States may be selected as a candidate for elector. (Sec. 6.03 ch 83 SLA 1960)

Sec. 15.30.040. Requirement of party pledge. The party shall require from each candidate for elector a pledge that as an elector the person will vote for the candidates nominated by the party of which the person is a candidate. (Sec. 6.04 ch 83 SLA 1960)

Sec. 15.30.050. Interpretation of votes cast for candidates for President and Vice President. In voting for presidential electors, a vote marked for the candidates for President and Vice President is considered and counted as a vote for the presidential electors of the party. (Sec 6.05 ch 83 SLA 1960)

Sec. 15.30.060. Notification of electors. When the results of the election of presidential electors have been determined, the director shall send a certificate of election to each elector and shall notify the electors of the time and place of their meeting and of their duties as electors. (Sec. 6.06 ch 83 SLA 1960; am sec. 145 ch 100 SLA 1980)

Sec. 15.30.070. Place and time of meeting. The electors shall meet at the office of the director or other place designated by the director at 11:00 o’clock in the morning on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December following their election. If Congress fixes a different day for the meeting, the electors shall meet on the day designated by the Act of Congress. (Sec. 6.07 ch 83 SLA 1960; am sec. 146 ch 100 SLA 1980)

Sec. 15.30.080. Filling of vacancies. If there is a vacancy caused by death, failure to attend, ineligibility or other cause, and if available alternates have not been designated, the electors shall fill the vacancy by plurality vote. (Sec. 6.08 ch 83 SLA 1960; am sec. 25 ch 136 SLA 1966)

Sec. 15.30.090. Duties of electors. After any vacancies have been filled, the electors shall proceed to cast their votes for the candidates for the office of President and Vice President of the party which selected them as candidates for electors and shall perform the duties of electors as required by the constitution and laws of the United States. The director shall provide administrative services and the Department of Law shall provide legal services necessary for the electors to perform their duties. (Sec. 6.09 ch 83 SLA 1960; am sec. 147 ch 100 SLA 1980)

Sec. 15.30.100. Compensation of electors. Each elector is entitled to receive from the state treasury the same per diem and travel expenses allowed members of the legislature. (Sec. 6.10 ch 83 SLA 1960; sec. 25 ch 14 SLA 1987)


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ARIZONA - 10 Electoral Votes
ARKANSAS - 6 Electoral Votes

Not bound by State laws. Electors free to vote however they want, with no voter controls.

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CALIFORNIA - 55 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 6906
PDF d/l of proposed amendment

6900. The term "elector" or "presidential elector" as used in this
chapter means an elector of President and Vice President of the
United States, and not an elector as defined in Section 321.

6901. Whenever a political party, in accordance with Section 7100,
7300, 7578, or 7843, submits to the Secretary of State its certified
list of nominees for electors of President and Vice President of the
United States, the Secretary of State shall notify each candidate for
elector of his or her nomination by the party. The Secretary of
State shall cause the names of the candidates for President and Vice
President of the several political parties to be placed upon the
ballot for the ensuing general election.

6902. At the general election in each leap year, or at any other
time as may be prescribed by the laws of the United States, there
shall be chosen by the voters of the state as many electors of
President and Vice President of the United States as the state is
then entitled to.

6903. On or before the day of meeting of the electors, the Governor
shall deliver to the electors a list of the names of electors, and
he or she shall perform any other duties relating to presidential
electors which are required of him or her by the laws of the United
States.

6904. The electors chosen shall assemble at the State Capitol at 2
o'clock in the afternoon on the first Monday after the second
Wednesday in December next following their election.

6905. In case of the death or absence of any elector chosen, or if
the number of electors is deficient for any other reason, the
electors then present shall elect, from the citizens of the state, as
many persons as will supply the deficiency.

6906. The electors, when convened, if both candidates are alive,
shall vote by ballot for that person for President and that person
for Vice President of the United States, who are, respectively, the
candidates of the political party which they represent, one of whom,
at least, is not an inhabitant of this state.

6907. The electors shall name in their ballots the person voted for
as President, and in separate ballots the person voted for as Vice
President.

6908. The electors shall make separate lists of all persons voted
for as President and of all persons voted for as Vice President, and
of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign,
certify, seal, and transmit by mail to the seat of the Government of
the United States, directed to the President of the Senate.

6909. Each presidential elector shall receive ten dollars ($10) for
his or her services, and mileage at the rate of five cents ($0.05)
per mile for each mile of travel from his or her domicile to the
State Capitol and return.
Their accounts therefor shall be certified by the Secretary of
State, and audited by the Controller, who shall draw his or her
warrants for the same on the Treasurer, payable out of the General
Fund.



The home state of Reagan, Nixon, Manson, and yours truly certainly knows how to add verbage to law. The Twinkie Defense™ won't help you here, though - you can chose your elector, but not control thier vote. Electoral choices are given voters by party, and districts are gerrymandered accordingly.

See the pattern?


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In Music One Starts With Doe, Rae, Mee

Given: Pretty much all US citizens at least espouse the desire to live in a democracy.
Given: de-mo-cra-cy - n - Greek demos people (more at ?) + kratia from krato (verb) prevail; descibes a system of government, generally taken to mean "rule by the people".
Given: The US Constitution, Provisions for he Electoral College,
as recorded and presented by the good folks at the National Archives.
(no need for 8 hours of classes for this simple legal gosub)

Ergo: Begotten was the
US CODE, Chpt 1, to further obfuscate.

"Time of appointing electors

§ 1. The electors of President and Vice President shall be appointed, in each State, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in every fourth year succeeding every election of a President and Vice President.

Failure to make choice on prescribed day

§ 2. Whenever any State has held an election for the purpose of choosing electors, and has failed to make a choice on the day prescribed by law, the electors may be appointed on a subsequent day in such a manner as the legislature of such State may direct.

Number of electors

§ 3. The number of electors shall be equal to the number of Senators and Representatives to which the several States are by law entitled at the time when the President and Vice President to be chosen come into office; except, that where no apportionment of Representatives has been made after any enumeration, at the time of choosing electors, the number of electors shall be according to the then existing apportionment of Senators and Representatives.

Vacancies in electoral college

§ 4. Each State may, by law, provide for the filling of any vacancies which may occur in its college of electors when such college meets to give its electoral vote.

Determination of controversy as to appointment of electors

§ 5. If any State shall have provided, by laws enacted prior to the day fixed for the appointment of the electors, for its final determination of any controversy or contest concerning the appointment of all or any of the electors of such State, by judicial or other methods or procedures, and such determination shall have been made at least six days before the time fixed for the meeting of the electors, such determination made pursuant to such law so existing on said day, and made at least six days prior to said time of meeting of the electors, shall be conclusive, and shall govern in the counting of the electoral votes as provided in the Constitution, and as hereinafter regulated, so far as the ascertainment of the electors appointed by such State is concerned."



OK...Back to the top.

Time of appointing electors

§ 1. The electors of President and Vice President shall be appointed, in each State, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in every fourth year succeeding every election of a President and Vice President.

Catch that?

Now, your state is left to it's own devices in the only defferment to states' rights we all need the Federal Government NOT to make.
No Legal Requirement
Electors in these States are not bound by State Law to cast their vote for a specific candidate:

ARIZONA - 10 Electoral Votes ARKANSAS - 6 Electoral Votes DELAWARE - 3 Electoral Votes GEORGIA - 15 Electoral Votes IDAHO - 4 Electoral Votes ILLINOIS - 21 Electoral Votes INDIANA - 11 Electoral Votes IOWA - 7 Electoral Votes KANSAS - 6 Electoral Votes KENTUCKY - 8 Electoral Votes LOUISIANA - 9 Electoral Votes MINNESOTA - 10 Electoral Votes

MISSOURI - 11 Electoral Votes NEW HAMPSHIRE - 4 Electoral Votes NEW JERSEY - 15 Electoral Votes NEW YORK - 31 Electoral Votes NORTH DAKOTA - 3 Electoral Votes PENNSYLVANIA - 21 Electoral Votes RHODE ISLAND - 4 Electoral Votes SOUTH DAKOTA - 3 Electoral Votes TENNESSEE - 11 Electoral Votes TEXAS - 34 Electoral Votes UTAH - 5 Electoral Votes WEST VIRGINIA - 5 Electoral Votes

Right here we have a little issue.

These guys can vote however they want in the above states.

Here's another:

Legal Requirements or Pledges
Electors in these States are bound by State Law or by pledges to cast their vote for a specific candidate:

ALABAMA - 9 Electoral Votes
Party Pledge / State Law - § 17-19-2
ALASKA - 3 Electoral Votes
Party Pledge / State Law - § 15.30.040; 15.30.070
CALIFORNIA - 55 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 6906
COLORADO - 9 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 1-4-304
CONNECTICUT - 7 Electoral Votes
State Law § 9-175
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - 3 Electoral Votes
DC Pledge / DC Law - § 1-1312(g)
FLORIDA - 27 Electoral Votes
Party Pledge / State Law - § 103.021(1)
HAWAII - 4 Electoral Votes
State Law - §§ 14-26 to 14-28
MAINE - 4 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 805
MARYLAND - 10 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 20-4
MASSACHUSETTS - 12 Electoral Votes
Party Pledge / State Law - Ch. 53, § 8, Supp.
MICHIGAN - 17 Electoral Votes
State Law - §168.47 (Violation cancels vote and elector is replaced).
MISSISSIPPI - 6 Electoral Votes
Party Pledge / State Law - §23-15-785(3)
MONTANA - 3 Electoral Votes
State Law - §13-25-104
NEBRASKA - 5 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 32-714
NEVADA - 5 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 298.050
NEW MEXICO - 5 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 1-15-5 to 1-15-9 (Violation is a fourth degree felony.)
NORTH CAROLINA - 15 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 163-212 (Violation cancels vote; elector is replaced and is subject to $500 fine.)
OHIO - 20 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 3505.40
OKLAHOMA - 7 Electoral Votes
State Pledge / State Law - 26, §§ 10-102; 10-109 (Violation of oath is a misdemeanor, carrying a fine of up to $1000.)
OREGON - 7 Electoral Votes
State Pledge / State Law - § 248.355
SOUTH CAROLINA - 8 Electoral Votes
State Pledge / State Law - § 7-19-80 (Replacement and criminal sanctions for violation.)
VERMONT - 3 Electoral Votes
State Law - title 17, § 2732
* VIRGINIA - 13 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 24.1-162 (Virginia statute may be advisory - "Shall be expected" to vote for nominees.)
WASHINGTON - 11 Electoral Votes
Party Pledge / State Law - §§ 29.71.020, 29.71.040, Supp. ($1000 fine.)
WISCONSIN - 10 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 7.75
WYOMING - 3 Electoral Votes
State Law - §§ 22-19-106; 22-19-108

Again from the NARA Files. I encourage all to go to our national government's official record keepers' wesite at the above link. Just clicking through the helpful links will give a very clear illustration of what's going on here.


This is what i mean by "The Grouse." It's a snipe hunt, a BIG LIE that is so blatantly contrived that it lives through scrutiny by virtue of it's apparently phantom specifics.

Here's the rub though; you'll note the state laws quoted. I'm serious when i say good folks work at National Archives; when i was doing my six-hard at the SJPL MLK Main Library i had a couple pleasant occassions to deal with NARA folks, and they're cool for kids. They don't have to reference the state laws that detail the states' proceedures, but they do. They WANT someone to look into this.

So for you true heroes at the archives, who are soon to be deluged with task of making availiable this year's declassified documents, i will endevour to disclose here the electoral proceedures of each of these Unites States.

Unless i get distracted by the UAPs (aka, UFOs).

The Constitutionalist's Warroom Direct Democracy Now, America!™

Cj-Ultra (No Epileptics)

No, seriously. If you're prone to seizure this is not the place you wanna look for soundbites.

Here's a nice movie. Scroll no lower.






Attenborough's Planet Earth - Rivers and Lakes
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One of my best bros is epileptic. He's a hardcase, and i mean HARD. He had a fit while driving home a month or so ago, and held on while his body became inaccessable to him...and managed to keep it cool until he came out of it. He said it would've been more dangerous to attempt a pull-out, as that requires more motion.

I don't test the Cj_Ultraz on him.

He'd split my skull like a ripe melon.


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Relax, Close Your Eyes & Count To 100
For The Heroes

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For Good Kismet

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What, you thought i was KIDDING, America? Sorry about your bad luck. One of us will rule you in 2 years: Them™ or me. Personally, i think i play a better hand.

Choice is all you have.

For now.

What News of Revolution?

I have often said that the American Revolution of 1776 was a mere episode in the ongoing Franco-Anglo danse macabre. Recently i stated that the current Iraq conflict signaled the end of French influence in the Mid East.


Robert Newman's History of Oil
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I hate to draw a line between these statements and events.


Money, Banking and the Fed
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Yet it seems that there is one.


Oil, Smoke, & Mirrors
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Of Tiered Oligopoly and the Topic of The Electorate

I'm off topic this week, i'll admit it. My personal agenda of open-sourcing media regardless of RIAA rulings or artist desires has consumed many hours and seeded many peers, and i still have a bit of chopping to do in order to facilitate a rescreening which i feel is pertainent to our purposes. This is cutting into cartoon time, and i apologize to the Toons.

However, this leads us back to the real subject. The subject is economics, which has eyes rolling back into sockets even as i type. Basta; y'all just haven't had the fire under the kettle of ol' skuul political econ lit for ya, i know it. There's nothing to lose but your wallet chains here. Revolution is an aggragate curve whose tipping point is the nexus of production v consumption and the people's right to remain unabstracted.

So i suggest a perusal of Oligopoly Watch, a delightful and engaging look at current oligonomies and the tightening fist of centralising services. Ask yourself "why are we a Walmart Nation? have we indeed ever been anything else?"

Then perhaps gander upon The Carlyle Group's Telecom holdings, as good a place as any to start examining what They™ control.


The Carlyle Group
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Against

Monopoly



Failing that, might i suggest doin' the Humpty Hump?


Digital underground humpty dance
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Pushing Back the Veil.

Soul Coughing - Unmarked Helicopters


It is increasingly hard to intelligently articulate the meme which drives this campaign. There appears to be none who appreciate the mechanism of aristocracy that is the electoral system, nor that it's undoing would indeed undo much of the power elitism that informs our body politic. I am at a loss to inform and incite on such a basic truth. When faced with the facts as they present themselves in the personal intimacy of live conversation i have met only a few that find flaw with my plan; and of these none whom place my logic or understanding of constitutional law at fault, but rather cite the end result as "descent into mob rule". Though this may be the case, i have found that mere reference to the past 6 years of unjust and illicit rule has been adequate to turn even the staunchest intellectual elitist into a proponant of populism. Thus, if i can but corner each and every American Citizen in person, we stand a chance of turning the tide towards what is clearly the most honest and overdue course of political endevour: instituting direct popular vote as the only legal method of choosing a Chief Executive.
Here's the rub of it. I know why this is so.

It's not sexy enough, is it?

There's no dark legions of Illuminati to out with Truth™. There's no secret to it at all.

There's no futureshock scenario to draw the nervous mind into sympathetic neurotic conviviance, no reels of YouTube hockumentary to illustrate the issue with ad nasseum.

Even worse, it is self-evident and self-succoring; it comes with a solution.

Oh my, how we Americans detest a solution, in particular a praeterobvious and simple one. It is a foulness, a scourge, an Untouchable leper of a reality. Witness the way you drive your car, knowing it is nothing more than a crutch of death that lines the pockets of the ugliest type of opportunistic war profiteer every time you do. Answer?

Don't drive your fucking car, asshole.

I don't drive mine. Why? It's a crutch of death that lines the pockets of the ugliest type of opportunistic war profiteer every time i do, and i really don't like war profiteers.

I digress, perhaps because my subject isn't sexy enough.


JFK on who shot him
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Yes, Virginia, there is an international power elite, comprised of bankers, financiers, and corporations. There has been for a very long time, no matter what anyone tells you. You really think capitalism is a new thing? A bold new beast? I see. Let's talk about who funded the Crusades, perhaps; how much interest they charged, and why this scheme eventually folded. These folks have gotten better and better at defining their organs of control, and the new thing that this century did give them is the multinational charter corporation. Well, somewhat new; the Dutch East Indies Company comes to mind as one precursor.

The Enclosure Acts are the clearest illustration of how the power was transferred to these entities. The Lords of Britain had accepted the symbol of exchange of gold as the measure of wealth, thus enabling them to trade off land for cash. This they did, screwing the commoners out of thier fiefdoms as they went. Now everybody had to use cash, which they did, having to eat and all. Some of the hep lords became capitalists proper, with the new resource of urban poor to work thier new factories. Some of the heppist kept thier land as well.

See, land is still real wealth. Hence we call it "real estate".

This has been, and will always be, both the boon and bane of international banks. They make money by hedging land, and thus need a relative valuation system to leverage increasing returns on, since there's only so much land. However, land is worthless if it's on fire, or in the grips of angry peasants. A bank can lose all of thier holdings in one good coup d'tat, if they don't have diversified holdings. This is why we won't have a One World Order.


NWO in Thier Own Words
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One World Order = One Order To Set Ablaze. They know this. They also know that the moment they try to enact such a thing those of us who know who the players are will cut thier skinny throats. Serious; it's no secret who these fucks are, y'all. They're just people; they die easier than most, actually. This doesn't worry them half as much as the Laws Of Capital do, tho. Capital is based upon dynamic tension, and requires multiple players to work. One World Order = One Stagnant System, with no-one to get over on. This doesn't allow for increasing margins, thus spawns decreasing returns. That's a dying system. That's not what the Board will allow.

So where does this bugaboo come from?

"Who wants a One World System?"

I do, dipshit. I'm a Marxist, remember? We're the ones who call for an Internationalle, since the system we have in mind isn't a relative value system. It's not neccessary to our economy to have infinately increasing margins; in fact, that's one of the things we say is insane and inevitably dooms capital to failure.

Value=Labor

I wonder why this pervasive villification of an Internationalist agenda would gain such positive spin in an era of increased nationalistic focus? What about it, alleged Lefties? Do you propose isolationism as the panacea for your imaginary NWO?

If They™ were shooting for One World, how come you can't leave the US without a permit now?

Most importantly, why don't you want to try to stop them by removing the electoral system and establishing a populist method of control over the Federal government of The United States of America?

Dunno if you RightWingaz have the same trouble with the Globalist Bugbear that we on the LiteLeft do. I've known many a separatistish Red Stater though, and blaming the UN is another face of the same windmill. Either way it's a cop out to blame the power structure we enable for our inaction as Citizens. The answer is the same for you; you want a REAL voice? GET A REAL VOTE. It's the only thing my dad and i agree on, other than redheads.

* Direct popular vote election of President and Vice President
* Direct popular vote affirmation of Supreme Court Justices
* Direct popular vote ratification of congressional law in matters other than feduciary

As we are the power that informs our civic and state governments, so should we our federal. One head, one vote.

No more partisan gerrymandering. PACs will have to cut deals with citizens' groups. Abrahmov will have to bribe YOU, neighbors and freinds.

Think it over. If i'm willing to give you RedState yokels a direct vote, isn't it worth considering right there? Wouldn't you like to see Buchanan in the runoff? In the Whitehouse?

He's not getting there unless you can put him there. The electoral college won't. He is not one of Them™. Niether are Gingrich, Robertson, Perot, Nader, or Citizen j.

C'mon. Let's try direct democracy. It's so crazy, it just might work.