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> it's not even illegal. SCOTUS from 2020: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/unanimous-supreme-court-smacks-down-faithless-electors-in-time-for-2020-ele
by SoSoRoCoCo 6y ago
> it's not even illegal.
SCOTUS from 2020:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/unanimous-supreme-court-smacks-down-faithless-electors-in-time-for-2020-election/ar-BB16oMyV https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/unanimous-supreme-co...
See comments below. This decision only means states have the right to penalize, but WI, PA and GA have no such laws.
https://www.fairvote.org/faithless_elector_state_laws https://www.fairvote.org/faithless_elector_state_laws
- Armisael16 6y agoThat decision didn’t make being a faithless elector illegal; it just confirmed that it’s legal for states to do so.
- SoSoRoCoCo 6y agoWhich means a state that is loyal to one party could still screw the popular winner. Yikes.
- SoSoRoCoCo 6y agoAlso: WI, PA, GA have no such laws: https://www.fairvote.org/faithless_elector_state_laws https://www.fairvote.org/faithless_elector_state_laws Hoo boy.