by Bob Walsh
By
a vote of 9-0 SCOTUS ruled yesterday that members of the Electoral
College who are constrained by state law MUST follow those laws when
they cast their votes for El Presidente de los Estados Unidos.
Approximately
2/3 of the states have specific laws that require electors to follow
the popular vote that put them in place. Some of these states require
that the electors go with that direction for at least one, and sometimes
more than one, ballot at the convention.
As
you are hopefully aware if you are reading this we do not actually have
a national election for President. We have 56 states, districts and
territories who select electors who are the ones who ACTUALLY vote for
president. You probably recall that there have been presidents who LOST
the popular vote but won the electoral vote, most recently the current
president.
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