The iota of doubt that remains comes from an unprecedented eruption of discontent from electors, the body of 538 people chosen by the two main political parties to cast the electoral college vote.
The list now holds signatures from 13 states, the majority of which come from electors in California, New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
A more hopeful (if mildly condescending) response came from Elector L. Scott Mann, also of Texas.
Writing on the blog, Hasen said: "When we cast our votes for president they are actually cast for electors from each state (based roughly on population size) who then cast ballots for president.
But he would not be Bristol's envoy to Parliament, nor take instructions from his electors.
The Cortes of Leon and Castile were composed of three estates: nobles, clergy, and the procuradores (attorneys or town clerks) of the concejos (fortified municipalities), who bore poderes (written instructions) from their electors.
It takes the power to pick the President away from faceless "electors" and gives it to actual human beings, with each person having an absolutely equal share in this most important of national political decisions.
Barnsley Council, which acts as the returning officer for the PCC said: "Upon receipt of a request from two electors in the South Yorkshire police area to the Authorised Officer, Diana Terris, an election will be held within 35 days.
At the time, he boasted that in the past election "my majority came from English electors" in contrast to a Conservative who supported "Russian schools for Russian people".
(Congress, which must approve the electoral college results, is bound by the Constitution to consider only the top three recipients of votes from the electors).
T. D. Allman, a stickler for our 18th-century Constitution, argues that Dick Cheney, appearances to the contrary, is not actually vice president of the United States because, although the president and vice president can be from the same state, electors from that state can't vote for both of them, and Cheney, like Bush, lived in Texas.
