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



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

https://www.fairvote.org/faithless_elector_state_laws

Hoo boy.


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




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