In May, the Supreme Court heard two cases on whether presidential electors can be legally required to follow their state’s popular vote. Colorado Department of State v. Baca and Chiafalo v. Washington concern electors in Colorado and Washington State, respectively, who broke state law by casting their ballots for someone other than  2016 Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton, who won the popular vote in both states in the 2016 election. Such electors who are pledged to vote for a certain candidate by state law but vote otherwise are known as “faithless electors.”

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