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20 Oct 2020, 12:25 pm by Scott R. Anderson
In 2000, Florida’s state legislature explored appointing electors if the state’s contested election results were not resolved in time for the state’s electoral votes to be counted, but never chose to do so. [read post]
6 Nov 2020, 8:20 am by Lawrence Lessig, Jason Harrow
Electors were above state regulation, just as state legislatures were. [read post]
7 Jul 2020, 6:33 am by Emily Beeken
Currently, 32 states and the District of Columbia have “faithless elector” laws. [read post]
14 Dec 2022, 5:54 am by Gretchen Knaut
On the basis of one such theory, they assembled slates of Trump “presidential electors” in swing states that Biden had won. [read post]
23 May 2019, 8:54 am by Derek T. Muller
” Language from Supreme Court precedent suggested that the role of the elector is to “transmit the vote of the State for president,” (In re Green) “suggesting that the Electoral College vote belongs to the State, not the individual elector. [read post]
13 Nov 2020, 12:44 pm by Gerard N. Magliocca
In that case about state authority over presidential electors, the Court stated at a couple of points that the idea of state legislatures naming electors directly was an obsolete relic.Second, Chiafalo relied heavily on longstanding practice as a gloss on a state's power to appoint electors. [read post]
6 Nov 2019, 11:08 am by Gerard Magliocca
Suppose a state with 10 electoral votes designated 10 computers as its presidential electors? [read post]
11 Feb 2022, 9:33 am by Gerard Magliocca
If Congress says "we will only count a state's electoral votes if . . . [read post]
1 Nov 2022, 9:00 pm
Electoral adequacy’s premise is that states are obligated to provide a minimal set of entitlements, or a baseline level of election services, to all voters. [read post]
8 Nov 2016, 10:37 pm by Gerard N. Magliocca
 If (and we don't know yet), Hillary Clinton wins the popular vote but loses the electoral vote, then I think that there will be a surge of interest in the proposal that some states have adopted to award their electoral votes to the national popular vote winner once states with a combined total of 270 electoral votes do this. [read post]
16 Jun 2022, 8:36 am by Sang-Min Kim
She has stated that she has sufficient evidence to charge 16 Republicans in her state with submitting the fake elector slate that falsely claimed they were official electors for the state. [read post]
24 Apr 2020, 8:30 am by Paul Swedlund
But Electoral College balloting cannot properly reflect the “vote of the state” and its people if a state’s electors can cast their ballots according to their own whims. [read post]
5 Feb 2020, 4:23 am by DONALD SCARINCI
Finally, an elector acts under the authority of the State, and no First Amendment right is violated when a state imposes a fine based on an elector’s violation of his pledge. [read post]
17 Nov 2016, 1:50 pm by Sam Williams
The state can appoint those electors however it sees fit. [read post]
8 Oct 2019, 9:51 am by Matthew Borges
Three 2016 electors from Washington state petitioned the US Supreme Court on Monday to decide whether the state has the power to enforce how an elector casts their ballot and to fine that elector for voting with discretion. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 10:24 am by Harold O'Grady
Constitution established the Electoral College as the formal body which elects the President of the United States. [read post]
13 Dec 2016, 11:05 am by Timothy Edgar
  Some states even penalize electors for doing so. [read post]
2 Jun 2020, 6:51 pm by Gerard N. Magliocca
Congress possesses the ultimate authority, in counting electoral votes under the Twelfth Amendment, to provide a remedy if electors are faithless or if there is a question about a state's electoral votes. [read post]
25 Mar 2024, 11:30 pm by Fiene Kohn
Other Member States’ Courts have also ruled on their respective electoral thresholds. [read post]