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I’ll add that the Electoral College ultimately ends up casting the votes that elect the president. If things really went sideways and completely broke, they cou

I’ll add that the Electoral College ultimately ends up casting the votes that elect the president. If things really went sideways and completely broke, they could cast their votes against their state’s wishes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector

AnimalMuppet 6y ago
There was an interesting Supreme Court decision on that just this year. Basically, states can remove faithless electors. https://www.npr.org/2020/07/06/885168480/supreme-court-rules-state-faithless-elector-laws-constitutional https://www.npr.org/2020/07/06/885168480/supreme-court-rules...