Who has info on this moronic Texas elector who is going to vote Cankles?
I can’t get anything definitive on Texas law, but since Abbot and the Texas GOP haven’t said anything, I gather he is within his right to do so without any penalties whatsoever.
I don’t anything other than the news that he wasn’t supporting Trump.
I have said that a pre-announced faithless elector should be easily replaced. But you are correct. It depends on Texas law. It’s hard to imagine Texas law being fine with faithless electors.
Also, I don’t think the Hamiltonian view of independent electors continued to be relevant once direct voting for presidential candidates, rather than for electors, became the norm. (I think I could argue from the 24th amendment that the direct vote for president is now assumed to be the national norm.)