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Colorado will ask SCOTUS to review Tenth Circuit’s ruling on “faithless electors”

by Emil J. Kiehne Posted on October 17, 2019

Colorado’s secretary of state and attorney general have announced that they will ask the Supreme Court to review the Tenth Circuit’s ruling in Baca v. Colorado Department of State. That decision held that the federal constitution bars Colorado from disqualifying … Continue reading →

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“‘Faithless Electors’ Could Tip the 2020 Election. Will the Supreme Court Stop Them?”

by Emil J. Kiehne Posted on October 14, 2019

This article by Adam Liptak in the New York Times describes a split in authority between the Washington Supreme Court, which upheld a law imposing fines on “faithless electors” who vote contrary to their state’s presidential vote winner, and the … Continue reading →

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