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Jul 6, 2020 · Four "faithless electors" from Colorado and Washington state who did not conform to the popular vote in the 2016 election sued, claiming that states can regulate only how electors are chosen, not...
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Dec 13, 2020 · Historically, electors have overwhelmingly voted for the candidate who wins the popular vote in their state – but they can stray. If they do, they’re called faithless electors. How common are ...
Oct 21, 2020 · American history has seen a handful of faithless electors—156 by one count —who vote for someone other than that candidate. Faithless electors have never changed an election outcome. But in...
Jul 14, 2020 · On July 6, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that states have the power to require presidential electors to vote for their party’s candidate for president.
Chiafalo v. Washington, 591 U.S. 578 (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case on the issue of "faithless electors" in the Electoral College stemming from the 2016 United States presidential election. The Court ruled unanimously, by a vote of 9–0, that states have the ability to enforce an elector's pledge in presidential elections.
Nov 4, 2020 · Faithless electors are not common, and they've never changed the outcome of a presidential election, according to FairVote, a nonprofit that advocates electoral reform.
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Historically, faithless electors have been uncommon, and they have never changed the outcome of a presidential election. According to FairVote, out of 23,507 electoral votes counted throughout U.S. history, only 90 electors did not vote for their party's presidential nominee.
