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alaskido:
Please where can we get this Lake Rice to buy in Port Harcourt?

President-elect Donald Trump also issued a statement offering condolences "to the family and loved ones of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov, who was assassinated by a radical Islamic terrorist."

What’s stopping electors from voting for whoever they want?

Aside from the moral issues, which Amar notes includes that fact that no one voting on 8 November thought they were casting a ballot for “the unaccountable and unknown folks” who make up the electoral college, there are legal obstacles as well. Many states have laws that attempt to bind electors and impose criminal penalties if they vote for the candidate who did not win the popular vote in that state. Further, some states even deem the act of voting for an alternative candidate to be an effective resignation. An attempt to overturn Colorado’s law, which mandates electors vote for the state’s popular vote winner, was tossed out of federal court in the Rocky Mountain State on Monday as “a stunt”.

The so-called Hamilton electors cite the founding father’s words in Federalist 68, in which he describes the purpose of the electoral college to “afford a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications”. In their opinion Trump doesn’t meet that bar. It is worth noting, however, that Hamilton was describing an age before universal suffrage in which voters did not vote for members of the electoral college in many states. Further, the method of election that Hamilton was describing has long since been changed by the 12th amendment.

How did this wacky system come about?

The 12th amendment was ratified in 1804 in the aftermath of a constitutional crisis. Before its passage, the candidate who finished first in the electoral college became president, and the second-placed finisher became vice-president. This led to a tie in 1800 when the Democratic-Republican nominee, Thomas Jefferson, and his running mate, Aaron Burr, each received 73 electoral votes. The framers had not anticipated candidates running as a ticket. Jefferson and Burr finished tied for first place while incumbent President John Adams finished third with 65 electoral votes. The election was thrown to the lame duck House then dominated by the opposition Federalist party. Many Federalists supported Burr, whom they perceived as more moderate. This created a stalemate that lasted until Alexander Hamilton intervened to persuade recalcitrant lawmakers to back Jefferson. The crisis prompted Congress to go back to the drawing board and separate the election of the president from that of the vice-president.

Wait, what if no one gets 270?

If no one gets 270 votes, the election is thrown to the House of Representatives, with the constitution requiring that body to choose “from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President”. Each state votes by delegation, and a majority is required to win. This means that California’s 53 representatives would combine to cast one vote, which would have the same value as that cast by Wyoming’s one representative. Of the 50 state delegations in the House, 17 have Democratic majorities, 32 have Republican majorities and one, Maine, is split. This means that significant Republican defections would be required in the House to defeat Trump and there is only one state won by Clinton which has a Republican majority in its House delegation.

Is Donald Trump the president-elect?

Technically no but to all intents and purposes, yes. The formal election of the president doesn’t happen until Monday 19 December when the electoral college meets and electors will cast their ballots. Those votes get formally counted on 6 January in a joint session of Congress.

So Trump could still lose the election?

It is theoretically possible – if extremely unlikely. The 12th amendment of the constitution provides that if any candidate for the White House gets a majority of the electoral votes, they become president. Currently, if every elector were to cast his or her ballot in accordance with the election results, Trump would receive 306 electoral votes and Clinton 232. The electoral college has 538 members, meaning 270 votes are needed to win. This means that to stop Trump from attaining this goal, at least 37 elected Republican electors have to defect. So far only one has said he intends to do so.

The electoral college: why it exists, how it works and can it stop Trump?

America’s unique system of electing a president was born of a constitutional crisis and means that the result of the 2016 is still – theoretically – in the balance

As the electoral college prepares to meet on Monday to formally elect the next US president, an attempt by activists to overturn Donald Trump’s victory has brought renewed attention to the unique, albeit convoluted, method by which the United States elects its president.

The process, which was so complicated that it had to be reformed by constitutional amendment less than 20 years after the constitution was signed, can still be hard to follow and is governed as much by precedent and history as by the constitutional text.

Washington (CNN)The 538 members of the Electoral College are set on Monday to make President-elect Donald Trump's victory official.

In all 50 state capitals and the District of Columbia, electors -- chosen by the state parties of the candidate who carried their state, Trump or Hillary Clinton -- will meet to cast their ballots. The gatherings will remove the last bit of drama from 2016's unprecedented election season -- and post-election efforts to persuade Republican electors to vote against Trump, in some cases in violation of state laws requiring electors to support the victor.

Trump's place in history

Heightening the tension in recent weeks: Clinton actually won the popular vote by about 3 million -- making Trump the worst-performing winner in the popular vote since 1876.
Trump's victory is not, as he has described it, a landslide. He is expected to garner just 56.9% of the electoral vote, assuming all electors vote according to their states' results. That will give Trump the 44th-largest share of the electoral vote out of 54 presidential elections since the modern system started in 1804.

Monday's votes: What to know
There's no national meeting of the Electoral College. Instead, electors gather in each state -- usually in the Capitol.

Under federal law, though, electors must gather on December 19. And each elector must sign six copies certifying their votes for president and vice president.

Two ballots go to the National Archives. One goes to the president of the Senate. Two go to their state's chief elections officer. And one goes to a local judge.
After Monday's votes, there is still one last step: On January 6, Congress has to officially count the electoral votes. Vice President Joe Biden will preside over the count.
Lawmakers can technically object -- in writing, with objections signed by at least one House and one Senate member -- to individual electoral votes or entire states' results. If the House and Senate support that objection, the vote or votes in question are thrown out. But that has never happened.
After the votes are counted, the results are final, and Trump is officially set for his inauguration at noon on January 20.

Corrinthians:
Ekwueme is a well respected nigerian who has paid his dues. I hope the state or FG step in soon enough to forestall this.

Gid bless Nigeria.

sinizia:
You're not getting the picture. A husband is the head of the house; the one looked up to the most to guard and protect the sanctity of a marriage. The leader. Now this man had issues with his woman and stumbled upon her advices on the Internet which she herself doesn't uphold offline. The next thing he did was to lambast her publicly. Narrating how useless her bedmatics were. What sort of attitude is that? What happened to decorum? What happened to talking to her in the bedroom telling her that she'd practice what she preaches? And if all means of rebuilding the bridge fails, then what happened to filing for divorce and moving on? Will disgracing her wife publicly make her the sêx expert he desires? Is that the solution? It's not. If for anything, he's destroyed that marriage beyond repair. He fuckęd up. A responsible husband can never intentionally disgrace his wife like he did.

Atiku2019:
Nope Bro, the MODS verified our IPs

Atiku2019:


From Bad to Worse

adaksbullet:
who his own these boys that we jus be quoted ppls upandan nl


Boy u are talked off illitracy abi? Are u no that adaksbullet his haved MSN on eglish studys, POP on econs, BFF on egnr, BNC on intro tech



Are u haved qualified certificate?

ammyluv2002:
Wow

ammyluv2002:
He has been banned by Davide70, but it's a good thing you created this thread. God bless you dear

peacesamuel94:
It's funny how people are so quick to call another man greedy, even when they are not half as generous as the person they criticize, even with his so called greediness, the fact that he has impacted more lives than his numerous critics here, cannot be overemphasized. And it's even more shocking to see Christians being a part of this shameful display of hypocrisy.


Before you blame the church for exorbitant school fees, let us see the number of people you've trained through school.

The Bishop gives the way Christ instructed us to, no need for announcements, and that's why he is being criticized because he does his givings in secret. And that's why he is being rewarded publicly.

Don't judge a book by its cover.

praxs:
Please comment on mine. Referees is on th 3rdpage, dint paste it here

ammyluv2002:
Hahahaha


Why is your spirit man weak?

ammyluv2002:
Op, love could be blind you know

1)I see litany of Igbo phobic and bigoted beings whose hatred for the tribe has distorted their sense of justice and uprightness...So I rather ignore than engage any of you...

3)Today, Buhari is the face of vilification against Igbo just as SW lead his cheerleaders chart, let's see who cries more at the end. Tinubu is already being used to test run their wrath. Fayose and others are in the cooler...

4)You may not like the face of Nnamdi Kanu(nobody needs you to hug him even) but he represents some HOME TRUTH which is self determination; a human right that can't be erased or wished away. Buhari also acknowledges this right hence supports freedom for lots of Muslim countries. He can't support them there while sitting on others here...

Xtianart:
What would you do if your Boss keeps exercising the 7th Law of Power on you?

oh, in case you don't know that it is, it states that "Get others to do the work and take the credit for it?

So, friends...how would you answer this?

For how long am I supposed to get stuck in the 1st Law of Power?- "Never outshine the Master".