Elections & terms
faithless elector
A presidential elector who votes for someone other than the candidate they were pledged to. States may now bind and replace them.
In full
Chiafalo v. Washington (2020) held that states may require electors to keep their pledge and may penalize or replace those who do not. Most states have such laws. Faithless votes have never changed a presidential outcome, but the 2020 ruling settled a question that had hung over the system for two centuries.
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