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- From: slb3y@cc.usu.edu (Punk Rocketeer)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.conspiracy,alt.politics.perot
- Subject: Re: Tomorrow's Conspiracy Theory, brought to you today.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.120622.60891@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 12:06:22 MDT
- References: <1992Nov15.162440.6286@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Nov16.134752.3585@CERIS.Purdue.EDU>
- Organization: Omega: The Final Solution
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- In article <1992Nov16.134752.3585@CERIS.Purdue.EDU>,
- jheath@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Jim Heath) writes:
- > thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank):
- >> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- >>>If I recall correctly - the electorial college members are not bound to vote
- >>>any one way. They are free to vote for whomever they wish.
- >>
- >> I heard that Perot is going to buy the votes of everyone in the electoral
- >> college and rule by dictatorship.
- >>
- > What if some group, say the LaRouche (sp?) people, managed to get
- > their people in as electoral college members in large enough
- > numbers to elect LaRouche?
-
- I have been led to believe that electors are chosen by their
- financial/other loyalty to a given political party. As a reward for
- "faithful service," they get to be electors. This information comes
- from one of my professors, who has the unfortunate tendency to tell
- urban legends as truth. ("Trademarks for pot" & "Eskimo words for
- snow" so far.)
-
- Patrick "free to good home: one AFU motto of the day" Clark
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