Comment on What stops states from just ignoring popular votes for the appointment of electoral college electors? [USA]

52fighters@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Beyond this issue is the issue of the faithless ejector, someone who votes for a candidate other than instructed while at the electoral college. This actually happens sometimes. Usually as a protest. That said, some states do assign some sort of penalty against faithless electors.

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