Meanings of faithless electors in English

But more than a dozen states have no rules against faithless electors.

In 2016, the stakes for Chiafalo and the other faithless electors were high.

A lower court upheld Washington state's fine against Chiafalo and two other faithless electors.

There have apparently been 157 occasions of ' faithless electors' but none have affected the outcome.

Paul Smith, vice president of the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center voting-rights advocacy group, emphasized the dangers of faithless electors.

The justices must decide if states can penalize faithless electors with actions including monetary fines or removal from the role.

The Washington state case arose after three faithless electors voted for former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, a moderate Republican, instead of Clinton.

The Supreme Court recently ruled that states could punish " faithless electors" who cast votes for someone other than the winner of their state.

Over the sweep of history, so-called faithless electors -those who vote for someone other than their state's popular-votewinner -have been exceptionally rare.

Faithless electors could change the outcome of presidential elections with thinner Electoral College margins.