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Some states have unfaithful elector laws, which punish EC members who vote against the winner of the state's popular vote. According to random site from Google
by cookiecaper 10y ago
Some states have unfaithful elector laws, which punish EC members who vote against the winner of the state's popular vote. According to random site from Google [0], Utah is one of those states. Not sure what the punishment would be.
[0] http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/the-electoral-college.aspx#faithless http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/the-ele...
- edko 10y agoYou are right. "In Utah, a candidate who fails to vote as required is considered to have resigned, and a replacement is appointed."
- GunboatDiplomat 10y agoWikipedia does not show Utah as having laws against faithless electors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector