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Thread #167839   Message #4063086
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
06-Jul-20 - 11:17 AM
Thread Name: BS: In Praise of the Turnip
Subject: RE: BS: In Praise of the Turnip
The Supremes have apparently let states force their "faithless electors" to vote for the candidate of the party who sent them to the electoral college. Trump will see this as a win, even as states enact legislation to null the electoral college.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/us/electoral-college-supreme-court.html

Every four years, weeks after Election Day, the members of the Electoral College cast the actual votes for president. Many states have laws requiring electors to pledge that they will support the winner of the state’s popular vote, but electors occasionally go rogue.

The votes of only 10 “faithless electors” could have changed the outcomes in five of the previous 58 presidential elections. In the 2000 election, for instance, George W. Bush beat Al Gore by five electoral votes.