#Politics From #CNN: #Arizona state attorney general investigating #Trump fake electors in 2020 presidential election campaign.
"All 11 electors took part in multiple failed legal challenges, first asking a judge to invalidate the state’s results in a conspiracy theory-laden court case and then taking part in a last-ditch, desperate plea seeking to force Pence to help throw the election to Trump. The cases were dismissed."
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/10/politics/arizona-fake-electors-kifle-invs/index.html
@WordsmithFL The 2020 Election is Exhibit A for eliminating the Electoral College. One Person One Vote and we can do away with this nonsense.
@ReneeVoiceBrand I agree, but it would require amending the Constitution which would require bipartisan consensus and the approval of 2/3 of the states. I just don't see it happening, unfortunately.
Chasing electoral college votes is the only reason why candidates visit small states. If it's by national majority vote, then small states become almost irrelevant.
So I don't think it would be possible to get 2/3 of the states to approve the amendment.
@ReneeVoiceBrand Here's a ranking of U.S. states by population. If I'm a candidate, I concentrate on the Top 10 and ignore the rest, which saves time and money.
@WordsmithFL Aren't the smaller states generally ignored?
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2020/10/30/where-presidential-candidates-traveling-run-up-election-day/6062441002/
@WordsmithFL @ReneeVoiceBrand Electoral votes matter. A big state like CA has far fewer electoral votes per population than a small state like Idaho. So a given ad budget influences many more electoral votes in the small state.
@WordsmithFL I see your point.