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		Armisael16 on Nov 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for d... 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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