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To: Hostage
The state has no say on how electors will vote.

Of course they do.

The state legislatures appoint electors who agree that they will vote the way the legislators want - in most cases for the winner of that state's popular vote.

It isn't binding and you could conceivably have a 'faithless' elector, but only reliable electors are going to get appointed.

57 posted on 02/25/2019 1:44:27 PM PST by semimojo
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To: semimojo

I really don’t think voters are going to put up with an elector selling them out. Electors can be reliably depended on to vote the will of their state’s voters.

I am sure the state can pass no law as to how an elector will cast her or his vote based on other state totals. I see it as wholly unconstitutional.

The issue is a state law vs. the US Constitution. There shouldn’t even be a question in court.


66 posted on 02/25/2019 1:52:17 PM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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