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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes this Supreme Court case remove the faithless elector concern?
This opinion says that states can pass laws preventing electors from being faithless and replacing them if they go rogue. What about states that haven't passed a law like this, though?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiafalo_v._Washington
At any rate, the existence of this Supreme Court case makes me feel a bit better, in the event that Biden gets 270 EVs.
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Does this Supreme Court case remove the faithless elector concern? (Original Post)
Alhena
Nov 2020
OP
True. And it would make the US the laughing stock of the world, more than it already is with Trump
Alhena
Nov 2020
#2
No chance in hell that a Biden elector, chosen by the campaign, will switch to Trump. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Nov 2020
#6
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,406 posts)1. Any Elector who decides to try to pull something like this
Will instantly become the most hated and despised person in the history of this country IMHO
Alhena
(3,030 posts)2. True. And it would make the US the laughing stock of the world, more than it already is with Trump
Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)3. Of course there remains the faithless SCT justices.
Response to Alhena (Original post)
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)5. "What about states that haven't passed a law like this, though?"
States are perfectly free to allow their electors to vote their conscience.
Electors can go "faithless" in states that won't remove electors for going "faithless".
Fiendish Thingy
(15,585 posts)6. No chance in hell that a Biden elector, chosen by the campaign, will switch to Trump. Nt