SCOTUS PUTS THE SHAFT TO FAITHLESS ELECTORS

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.