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Originally Posted by netwrkranger
Would not a State National be one of the elites? The electors?
- netwrkranger
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According to the statutory law, there are two sets of 'electors'. Those that are referred to as voters as in 'general population of registered voters', and then there are those of the 'electoral college'.
The electors of the 'general population' type, vote during a primary election seemingly for the purpose of determining who will be the candidate of choice for the presidential election within a given party affiliation. Less known to the general population, is a secret candidate that is not on the ballot, and that is the name(s) of persons who are contestants within a party to hold the office of "Elector" within that party. At the November election, the chosen 'Elector(s)' will cast the actual votes for President. More surprisingly, is the method of selection of those "Electors" as hidden candidates. Read your state statutes on Elections and find a real surprise.
Though a rare incident, the Electors will sometimes vote against the wishes of the party and vote for the opposing candidate. This type of activity, to my knowledge, has only happened twice. They are immune from prosecution and cannot be held liable for any wrong action for voting against the party candidate.
"State National", IMHO has little to do with holding the title of 'elitist'. At least not by definition of 'elitist'.
The second class of 'electors' (the general population type) do see a positive result of their votes, when viewing the results of the local elections...(dog catcher, sheriff, mayor, and other lesser office candidates). Then the State National label would still not hold any water toward being also labeled as 'elitist'. IMHO.
Jerry Carlos
Ambassador of Jesus, the Christ.