Are you even making sense to yourself Pariah? Many of the states have laws tying the electors to the states votes. There are none that say legislatures can decide to break the law and pick the loser instead. The founding fathers rejected the tyranny you want now. I reject it also.
is up to the legislature. In which case, if they don't have confidence in the vote, there's nothing binding them to the precedent of adhering to a (alleged) majority.
Laws do not subvert the Constitution. It's the other way around. And the only way to make "laws" that force the legislature to abide by such rules that you think exist is by amending it. In any other instance, laws can only enhance what's already there, but not supersede it.
Article II says hello.
The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.
The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Courtesy of the Founding Fathers.
And still the most likely course of action IMO.
....Althooooough...The slow (steady) leak of info regarding politicians compromised by China (see also: Swalwell, Bidens, et al) in tandem with our current election woes
does give credence to the speculators pushing the Executive Order theory...
