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The constitutionality of state pledge laws was confirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1952 in Ray v. Blair [12] in a 5–2 vote. The court ruled states have the right to require electors to pledge to vote for the candidate whom their party supports, and the right to remove potential electors who refuse to pledge prior to the election.
Washington that states may bind their electors to the state's popular vote, enforceable by penalty or removal and replacement. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] This has been interpreted by some legal observers as a precedent that states may likewise choose to bind their electors to the national popular vote, while other legal observers cautioned against reading ...
[50] [51] [8] University of Colorado Law School professor Jennifer S. Hendricks and labor lawyer Bradley T. Turflinger have argued that the NPVIC would not alter the power of non-compacting state governments because all state governments would retain their right to select the electors of their choosing and their mode of appointment. [52] [53]
Early Monday morning, the Supreme Court decided that states are free to punish and fine members of the electoral college who defy their state's popular vote. The unanimous ruling challenges the ...
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that states can require presidential electors to back their states’ popular vote winner in the Electoral College. Justices rule states can bind ...
However, the violation of any pledge a faithless elector made was not at issue. It officially defined state electors as representatives of their respective states, not the federal government. The case was argued on March 31, 1952 and the Court announced its decision on April 3, 1952; the majority and dissenting opinions were issued on April 15 ...
Less than four months before the 2020 presidential election, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that states can require presidential electors to back their states' popular vote winner in the ...
Some state leaders began to adopt the strategy that the favorite partisan presidential candidate among the people in their state would have a much better chance if all of the electors selected by their state were sure to vote the same way—a "general ticket" of electors pledged to a party candidate. [77]