New Texas Bill Removes Rogue Electors and VOIDS Their Vote
A bill in the Texas Legislature would circumvent a “faithless elector.”
Attempts by an elector to cast a vote for anyone other than the candidates that received the popular vote would be void.
Even better, actually casting the “rouge vote” would immediately create a vacancy in the elector’s position.
From Breitbart:
House Bill 771 was filed by Michael “Mike” Schofield (R-Houston) in advance of the 85th Texas Legislature. The bill would amend the Texas Election Code to mandate that a presidential elector “must cast a ballot for a candidate for president or vice-president that corresponds to the candidates who received the most votes cast in this state for those offices.”
The bill, if passed, would not only mandate that the elector cast their ballot for the candidate for president or vice president who won the popular vote in Texas but provides that “An attempt to cast a ballot in a manner other than the manner required,” “is not valid and is not considered a vote cast by an elector.”
Rep. Schofield told Breitbart Texas, “Texas voters need to know that their vote actually counts. Our election doesn’t mean much if voters vote for one candidate and our state’s electoral votes go to somebody else. HB 771 will ensure that Texas’ electoral votes go to the candidate the voters chose when they went to the polls.”
Moreover, under Schofield’s bill, the “attempt” to vote contrary to this law would “creat[e] a vacancy in the position of the elector attempting to cast the ballot.” A “replacement elector for a vacancy created” pursuant to this law would be filled from the list of alternate electors. The position of alternate electors would be created under this bill. The party’s state chair would provide a list of alternate electors for a vacancy in the manner, and in the number provided under the Election Code.
“Under my bill, the electoral ballots would be public, just like other states do, and just like our elected representatives in the legislature are required to do,” Rep. Schofield told Breitbart Texas. He added, “If you’re representing other people with your vote; it’s not your private vote; people need to see how you’re representing them.”
The Act would take effect September 1, 2017.
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They need to pass a bill that if anyone threatens an elector , they spend time in prison .
while I agree with the Principle of the Bill I do hope this Bill enforces some very intense scrutiny of the Electors instead of having Lying Leftists posing as Republican Elector who is nothing but a Fake this bill needs to dig really deep into crooks like the last one they didn’t vet very well.
Why not just have Electoral Votes and leave it at that? Why do we need an “Elector” to vote for what has already decided? If the popular vote of each state determines which candidate gets which electoral votes, that should be it. The only other thing we need is for the electoral votes to be “certified”, which we already have. ELECTORS serve no purpose except leave an opening for undoing the vote of the people. Get rid of them!
I am glad they are changing this law. The people’s vote should always stand, not what someone can try to buy off. I also agree that people who threaten, or try to buy someone’s vote should be put in jail for awhile, along with a very hefty fine.