3 Ron Paul-Supporting Electors May Not Support Republican Ticket

[UrbScotty]

At least three Republican electors say they may not support their party's presidential ticket when the Electoral College meets in December to formally elect the new president, escalating tensions within the GOP and adding a fresh layer of intrigue to the final weeks of the White House race.

The electors – all are supporters of former GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul – told The Associated Press they are exploring options should Mitt Romney win their states. They expressed frustration at how Republican leaders have worked to suppress Paul's conservative movement and his legion of loyal supporters.

"They've never given Ron Paul a fair shot, and I'm disgusted with that. I'd like to show them how disgusted I am," said Melinda Wadsley, an Iowa mother of three who was selected a Republican elector earlier this year. She said she believes Paul is the better choice and noted that the Electoral College was founded with the idea that electors wouldn't just mimic the popular vote.

The defection of multiple electors would be unprecedented in the last 116 years of U.S. politics. And it would raise the remote possibility that the country could even end up with a president and vice president from different parties.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/13/ron-paul-electoral-college_n_1880172.html

[Indpndnt]

1. Election night could get even more interesting!

[uncle ray]

2. the ironic thing

is that the Electoral College was set up to prevent yahoos like Paul from winning the presidency. the system was never intended to be fair.

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. In a recent conversation ...

with a county republican party chairperson (and a couple other conservatives) I raised this prospect ... that primary delegates and Elector College electors are only "honor-bound" to cast their vote for the winner of their state's popular vote.

I even put forward as an example, that the gop, because the paulites have inserted themselves into positions of pulling the levers in the gop, e.g., primary delegates and elector college electors, there was a real risk of them not casting their primary ballots for romney and a (less likely) risk of the electors not casting their ballots for romney.

I got his card ... I think I'll forward this article to him.

[Blue_Tires]

4. These obsessive Paul cultists really should seek a psychiatric evaluation

Paul has become the new LaRouche -- His fanatics are going to keep stumping for him even when he's 100 years old...

[Jamaal510]

5. IDK what libertarians see in Ron Paul besides his foreign policy

and his stance on drugs; all his other policies suck.

[FSogol]

6. They've never given the guy who won 6% of the vote a fair shot!

The Paulites truly are a delusional bunch.