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thingaboutarsenal 1 point ago +1 / -0

https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/07/opinion-analysis-court-upholds-faithless-elector-laws/

It says they have to vote for the winner of the popular vote in the state that is clear language and very different from the party nominee. Ballots don't say "D nominee" they have candidate names. To change the nominee would require a change in the ballot which this late in the election wouldn't happen (people are already voting). The only out they give is if the candidate dies after election day like the election of 1872.

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Italians_Invented_2A 1 point ago +1 / -0

Please see my response here

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thingaboutarsenal 1 point ago +1 / -0

You said

They are not faithless if they follow what the party that appointed them tells them to do.

And your response there disagrees with that statement. They don't follow what the party that appointed them tells them to do, they have to follow the state law unless the candidate dies.

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Italians_Invented_2A 1 point ago +1 / -0

The state law for some states says that the elector must commit to choose the party's nominee. So what I said that you quoted is still correct. At least for some states like Florida, if not all.

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thingaboutarsenal 1 point ago +1 / -0

Ok. Have a great day.