# Election Day \[Week\]\[Month\[s\]\] \[Year\] 2020 follow-along thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 3, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618 "2020-11-03T05:36:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4629 "2020-11-07T23:35:25Z")

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> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#):
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> ’m not sure why there is a need to hijack this thread with the distracting discussion of NZ/Aussie parliamentary systems. Those posts just make this one harder to follow. Maybe starting a separate thread on the topic would make more sense.

Moderating: You and many others have hijacked this thread to talk about irrelevant systems in other countries. Get this straight. Electors are chosen to do one thing and one thing only and that is to choose the candidate voted on by the voters. They have no other function and have no discretion. The whole system is a 232 year old relic having no function today. The next person who hijacks this thread to tell about legislators in Timbuktu **will** get a warning.

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