“Supreme Court ‘faithless electors’ ruling aims to stabilize the election, but will it work?”

Ned Foley USA Today oped:

Thus, if the court has its way, there will be no risk of a faithless elector being a wild card in this year’s election.  But, unfortunately, it is not so simple. The justices’ ruling permits states to prevent faithless electors, but it does not require that they do so.

Only 32 states currently have laws attempting to bind electors to the state’s popular vote, and not all of them discount the deviant vote. And 18 states still have laws giving electors the freedom to vote independently if they so choose. Thus, absent change between now and November, there is the risk of chaos injecting itself into the system despite the court’s decision. ‘

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