Faithless Electors

THE FAITHLESS ELECTOR.

Sounds like a really bad name for an overlord of the underworld.


Anyway........ SCOTUS nailed it with this decision!

The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously upheld laws across the country that remove or punish rogue Electoral College delegates who refuse to cast their votes for the presidential candidate they were pledged to support.

The decision Monday was a loss for "faithless electors," who argued that under the Constitution they have discretion to decide which candidate to support.

Writing for the court, Justice Elena Kagan, in a decision peppered with references to the Broadway show Hamilton and the TV show Veep, said Electoral College delegates have "no ground for reversing" the statewide popular vote. That, she said, "accords with the Constitution — as well as with the trust of the Nation that here, We the People rule."

The decision was a relief to election law experts as well as Democratic and Republican party officials, who have long supported faithless elector laws such as those upheld Monday.

(https://www.npr.org/2020/07/06/885168480/supreme-court-rules-state-faithless-elector-laws-constitutional)


Just. As. It. Should. Be.


There's already enough wrong/questionable with the way American elections are conducted.  Electoral voters must -- MUST! -- speak for the people they represent...... and not for some wonky political agenda they may have.


Grace & Peace & Love to you all -

Matt