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Minnesota Presidential Electors, 2020

by James J Heaney Posted on 28 October 2020

Let’s start with the payload: here are Minnesota’s major-party electors. I’ve looked up and linked to public information about each elector if I could find any. In any event, when you’re deciding whom to cast your vote for on election night, … Continue reading →

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Retraction: Elector Freedom

by James J Heaney Posted on 6 July 2020

Four years ago, I confidently informed my readers, in several places, that electors in the electoral college had a solemn responsibility to vote for the American they consider best qualified, not the candidate their party has “pledged” them to. So-called … Continue reading →

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Some Electoral College Silliness on the Left

by James J Heaney Posted on 4 December 2016

This whole electoral college thing is getting weird. A little while ago, I called on the electors to do their duty: when they vote for President on December 19th, they must vote for a person they consider qualified and fitting … Continue reading →

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