Via Paul Constant, Judson Phillips of Tea Party Nation, (Wikipedia: “the only Tea Party-affiliated group to be listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center”) refuses to go quietly. From Politicus USA:
On November 19, Phillips wrote [WND link],
Is there a way to stop this? Yes, there is….
According to the 12th Amendment, for the Electoral College to be able to select the president, it must have a quorum of two-thirds of the states voting. If enough states refuse to participate, the Electoral College will not have a quorum. If the Electoral College does not have a quorum or otherwise cannot vote or decide, then the responsibility for selecting the president and vice president devolves to the Congress.
The House of Representatives selects the president and the Senate selects the vice president.
Since the Republicans hold a majority in the House, presumably they would vote for Mitt Romney, and the Democrats in the Senate would vote for Joe Biden for vice president…
As PoliticusUSA goes on to explain, this is factually incorrect — even World Nut Daily eventually published a correction. Which, needless to say, didn’t slow down the ‘blaze’ of far-right-wing chain emails promoting this totally legal and not at all chickenshite theory, because President Obama remains stubbornly… a Democrat.
Just before the election, Roll Call reported that “Disgruntled Activists May Target Electors“: