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Old 10-27-2020, 03:04 PM   #7804
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No can do. Supreme Court ruled this year that “The 538 people who cast the actual votes for president in December as part of the Electoral College are not free agents and must vote as the laws of their states direct” and “presidential electors must act as their states require, which in most of the nation means voting for the candidate who won the popular vote in their states.”

See https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...toral-n1231394
'act as their states require' doesnt mean following the popular vote though, different states have different rules as to how their rep's should vote and who gets to tell them what to do
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