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But more than a dozen states have no rules against faithless electors.
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In 2016, the stakes for Chiafalo and the other faithless electors were high.
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A lower court upheld Washington state's fine against Chiafalo and two other faithless electors.
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There have apparently been 157 occasions of ' faithless electors' but none have affected the outcome.
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Paul Smith, vice president of the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center voting-rights advocacy group, emphasized the dangers of faithless electors.
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The justices must decide if states can penalize faithless electors with actions including monetary fines or removal from the role.
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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.
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The Supreme Court recently ruled that states could punish " faithless electors" who cast votes for someone other than the winner of their state.
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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.
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Faithless electors could change the outcome of presidential elections with thinner Electoral College margins.