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The Electoral College Coup Is Coming
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The Supreme Court's Decision on Faithless Electors
There was no more than one faithless elector in any election since 1912. In 2016, there were 10 electors who didn't vote for their party's candidate. The Supreme Court took up this issue just this year and ruled that states can essentially force electors to vote for whoever wins the popular vote in the state. But if you look a little closer, it's not really clear how much this ruling actually matters. Only 33 states have these laws; of those, only 14 actually cancel the faithless electors vote.
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