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Nov 17, 2020 at 5:41 comment added cde Electors are appointed. Article 2. Electors then vote for president.
Nov 16, 2020 at 19:59 comment added Mark Morgan Lloyd Would you settle for anoint? :-)
Nov 16, 2020 at 19:53 comment added CramerTV @MarkMorganLloyd, Candidates for president are nominated by their party. We, the People, vote for electors for the party of our preferred candidate. Presidents are then elected by the electors of the electoral college. And whoever is elected by the electoral college is the legitimate President.
Nov 16, 2020 at 18:52 comment added Mark Morgan Lloyd @CramerTV Exactly: they nominate him as president. Or would you prefer "designate"?
Nov 16, 2020 at 17:25 comment added CramerTV @MarkMorganLloyd, "nominated" by the electoral college? I believe the electoral college is who actually elects the President.
Nov 15, 2020 at 21:20 comment added Mark Morgan Lloyd To emphasise that: somebody could run for president despite the 22nd amendment, he could receive an overwhelming fraction of the "popular vote", he could be nominated as president by a majority in the electoral college, but despite that he could not legitimately /be/ the president. Although it would be a brave man who pointed that out...
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