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To: hanamizu

Actually, due to a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case, if a state has a “faithless elector” clause, the electors CANNOT vote for anybody but President Trump or Joe Biden, unless the Green or Libertarian candidate wins in that state/congressional district. This was a rare “bipartisan” Supreme Court vote. Unanimous, although Justice Thomas wrote a separate opinion. 32 states have such laws.


57 posted on 10/15/2020 7:53:51 PM PDT by bIlluminati (Defund the Left. Shrink the U.S. Federal government to 1897 levels.)
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To: bIlluminati

I thought, and I could well be wrong, that the SCOTUS ruled that states could, if they wished punish ‘faithless electors’, but didn’t require that they do so. I seriously doubt that democrat states would punish Electors who voted for Biden’s replacement. Kind of like not electing to punish ‘mostly peaceful’ protestors for burning down a couple of buildings.


58 posted on 10/15/2020 8:03:35 PM PDT by hanamizu
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