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Yay for the Supreme Court !
States can require Electoral College members to vote for the presidential candidates they had pledged to support, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
Which means that the candidate that wins the 'popular' vote will be elected !
If only this had been the case in 2016....we wouldn't have to deal with that Liar, pervert that we wound up with....
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Re: Yay for the Supreme Court !
"states can require". Does this leave the decision up to state governors? That part is a little worrisome...
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Re: Yay for the Supreme Court !
An article I read cleared it up a little...
The Supreme Court said Monday that states can punish members of the Electoral College who break a pledge to vote for a state's popular vote winner in presidential elections.
The case comes as the election season is heating up, putting the Electoral College once again front and center in an increasingly polarized and volatile political atmosphere.
In 2016, 10 of the 538 presidential electors went rogue, attempting to vote for someone other than their pledged candidate.
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Re: Yay for the Supreme Court !
Sounds good!
