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		SoSoRoCoCo on Nov 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for d... > it's not even illegal. SCOTUS from 2020: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/unanimous-supreme-co... See comments below. This decision only means states have the right to penalize, but WI, PA and GA have no such laws. https://www.fairvote.org/faithless_elector_state_laws

Armisael16 on Nov 7, 2020 [–]

That decision didn’t make being a faithless elector illegal; it just confirmed that it’s legal for states to do so.

SoSoRoCoCo on Nov 8, 2020 | | [–]

Also: WI, PA, GA have no such laws:

https://www.fairvote.org/faithless_elector_state_laws

Hoo boy.

SoSoRoCoCo on Nov 7, 2020 | | [–]

Which means a state that is loyal to one party could still screw the popular winner. Yikes.

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