Speaking as a Texan, it is way past time for Texas Republicans to get their house in order - there needs to be a law passed in TX that faithless electors are guilty of a FELONY for failing to vote as directed by the voters. Also, the TX Republican Party needs to vet its people better. This is simply shameful.
Yep, Texas of all places is the one to come up with two faithless electors. All the other states came through with no hiccups. They do indeed need to get their act together.
A $100K surety bond required to be put up by the elector would fix this crap.
Maybe, but you need to have ironclad language, such as we have in Michigan, where a "faithless" vote is immediately disqualified and replaced via installing an elector who honors the November election results.
An ounce of prevention >>> pound of cure
Of course, Michigan has its own need for corrective legislation, such as making sure any candidate requesting a recount must pay for it in full in advance, as well as making sure that said candidate has a chance to actually win in any recount.
My fear is how close it was in Texas. 800,000 might sound like a lot, but I fear that most Democrat voters are Hispanic and the Hispanic population is exploding in Texas. I could be wrong.
“there needs to be a law passed in TX that faithless electors are guilty of a FELONY for failing to vote as directed by the voters”
Not just Texas, but all states. If they’re free to go rogue, then we have (I think) an oligarchy. All future presidents can be selected by a few hundred people, and screw the citizens.