Opinion | Here Is One Way to Steal the Presidential Election
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The most dangerous strategy we could imagine to subvert the vote was made possible by the Supreme Court itself.

The scenario we see as the most alarming was made possible by the Supreme Court itself. In a 2020 decision, the court held, in our reading, that state legislatures have the power to direct electors on how to cast their electoral votes. And this opens the door to what we think is the most dangerous strategy: that a legislature would pass a law that directs electors to vote for the candidate the legislature picks.

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  • @Pretzilla
    1•9 months ago

    Yes, it’s attractive in its simplicity, but here are two pitfalls that come to mind:

    1. Only blue states will enact it, so its reach will be limited
    2. Unless controls against dropping out are somehow enshrined, it will only take one purple state to go red and drop out, nullifying the purpose