Sources told The Atlantic that the Trump campaign was planning to install loyal electors in swing states with Republican-led legislatures.
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Lawrence Tabas, the chairman of the Pennsylvania GOP, said the elector strategy was something the party could pursue.
"I just don't think this is the right time for me to be discussing those strategies and approaches, but [direct appointment of electors] is one of the options," he told The Atlantic.
I do not think a party chair, who holds no public office, should taken as, "Pennsylvania is openly talking about...."
Of course the Constitution does allow each state to decide how to choose its presidential electors. There is no requirement for them to be chosen via an election. Early in American history, they were generally appointed by State legislatures. And recently, quite a few Democrat-controlled states have passed laws that would ignore the will of the voters in their own states by joining the
National Popular Vote Compact.
But to change the way that electors are chosen in PA would require a change to Pennsylvania state law. I could see such a change passing in the Republican-controlled legislature, but Governor Wolf (a Democrat) would veto that in a heartbeat, and the Republicans do not have a big enough majority in either chamber of the legislature to override such a veto. See Republican efforts to kill off Wolf's current "emergency" orders as evidence.
Basically, this is much ado about nothing; a fantasy that simply isn't going to happen in this election cycle.
