> “The cases involve so-called faithless electors who did not vote for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Electoral College even though she won the popular vote in their states.”
I don’t remember this as true. In fact, I remember the issue was just the opposite. I can tell the Reuters reporters are biased towards Hillary so I am inclined to think their writeup here is confused.
I remember there were electors that were pressured to vote for Hillary in states where the majority of votes went to Trump but state law required the electors to support the candidate backed by the state’s majority vote.
The issue was whether an elector could vote according to the NATIONAL popular vote ignoring state laws.
“.... I remember there were electors that were pressured to vote for Hillary in states where the majority of votes went to Trump but state law required the electors to support the candidate backed by the state’s majority vote. ….”
Please name the states because I don’t remember that!
I’m sorry but it happened. Hillary Clinton LOST more Electoral votes than Donald Trump.
In Washington state Hillary prevailed, but out of 12 Electoral votes she got 8. Chief Spotted Eagle got 1 vote, and Colin Powell got 3 votes. In Hawaii Hillary prevailed, but out of 4 Electoral votes she got 3. Bernie Sanders got 1 vote.
Trump only lost 2 Electoral votes, both in Texas. Out of 38 votes, he got 36. Ron Paul got 1 vote and John Kasich got 1 vote.