WRONG.
Free Republic has never understood an elector.
Colonists had zero electricity so communication was via people. Votes are signed & sealed.
Elector votes are UNCHANGEABLE.
And throughout the year 2020, the Free Republic posters will get the Constitution wrong over and over and over ...
Free Republic has never understood an elector.
Free Republic?
Everyone?
Every single person on the site?
Except you?
Well....congrats.
https://www.fairvote.org/faithless_electors
Sorry but you are wrong. There were electors in 2016 who did not vote for either Clinton or Trump. (Colin Powell technically finishes third in the 2016 election with 3 EV’s).
The Constitution yields the manner of choosing electors up to the states. It most certainly does NOT require electors to vote for any particular candidate. They are free to vote for anyone they choose. In practice they almost always vote for the popular vote winner of the state they represent, but there’s nothing in the Constitution that requires them to do so. Heck, there’s nothing in the Constitution even requiring a popular election to choose electors. All states do so via election, but that’s the choice of each state, not a Constitutional requirement.