Many states have enacted laws against the "faithless elector" scenario you are describing because previously there was no such penalty. In those states, faithl

Many states have enacted laws against the "faithless elector" scenario you are describing because previously there was no such penalty. In those states, faithless electors face fines and possibly jail time if they do not follow the state rules for elector allocation and the will of the state's voters. See the Wikipedia map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector