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re: SCOTUS Rules 9-0 States Can Bind Faithless Electors
Posted on 7/6/20 at 9:30 am to FalseProphet
Posted on 7/6/20 at 9:30 am to FalseProphet
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Also a win for those pushing the popular vote compact. An elector can now be compelled, under pain of penalty, to vote for someone who doesn't win their state.
A state legislature can now basically compel electors to vote for whoever the legislature wants.
Not really
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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can penalize presidential electors that go rogue and do not vote for the candidate who won their state, also known as faithless electors.
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Posted on 7/6/20 at 9:56 am to DarthRebel
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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can penalize presidential electors that go rogue and do not vote for the candidate who won their state
that's because the laws they were ruling over dictate electors must vote for that candidate
this ruling paves the way for the compact, because that will be the law of the state at that point
Posted on 7/6/20 at 10:01 am to DarthRebel
quote:ok, they can, but how? Jail time for this kind of thing is anti American
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can penalize presidential electors that go rogue and do not vote for the candidate who won their state, also known as faithless electors.
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