The states have ample authority to remedy the problem by means of state law. For example, Pennsylvania law empowers each presidential nominee to nominate the elector candidates who run under his name in Pennsylvania. North Carolina law declares vacant the position of any contrary-voting elector and empowers the state’s remaining electors to immediately replace the contrary-voting elector with a loyal elector. Either the Pennsylvania approach or the North Carolina approach, or a combination of the two, constitutes an effective remedy against the perceived problem of faithless presidential electors. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld state laws guaranteeing faithful voting by presidential electors (because the states have plenary power over presidential electors).
I stand corrected!
It was my impression that it has never been tested.
I stand corrected!
It was my impression that it has never been tested.