Is a coup still ‘electoralism’?

  • volkvulture [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    SCOTUS just decided yesterday that state penalties on "faithless electors" are constitutional

    in fact, that ruling yesterday, which I think was unanimous, would make it easier in a situation where GOP-held state legislatures in contested states contravene results for Biden

    but that's only if SCOTUS doesn't invalidate mail-in ballots counted after last Tuesday in PA & WI and elsewhere lol

    • Lrak [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      What does "states" in that context mean? Who exactly penalises? And What is the penalty? And is it just a penalty or is the vote of the faithless elector reversed?