LoliHat on Nostr: >"delegates are required by law in most states to vote for their bound candidates." ...
>"delegates are required by law in most states to vote for their bound candidates."
>Really? Last time I checked electors in the Electoral Congress weren't, although the Supreme Court has allowed states to inflict some level of punishment on "faithless electors." Then again all that's part of the Constitution.
Per the Supreme Court, Presidential Electors can be punished and replaced by the states if they are "faithless".
Also, Presidential nominations are internal party affairs, and the one electoral race where the states' powers are limited due to the trans-state nature of the Electoral College.
>Really? Last time I checked electors in the Electoral Congress weren't, although the Supreme Court has allowed states to inflict some level of punishment on "faithless electors." Then again all that's part of the Constitution.
Per the Supreme Court, Presidential Electors can be punished and replaced by the states if they are "faithless".
Also, Presidential nominations are internal party affairs, and the one electoral race where the states' powers are limited due to the trans-state nature of the Electoral College.