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Originally Posted by Glengoyne
The slate of electors are essentially chosen by the Party hardliners. You don't become an elector if the party mucky mucks don't approve of you. If you seem like you have an inkling of integrity, individuality, or any other characteristic they think might conceivably cause you to stray from the "party" line, they you aren't elector material.
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I completely understand that. But there still isn't a legal requirement, once picked, to vote as your state deemed you to vote. There's a world of difference between pissing off political party members, and committing a federal crime. That's the point I was trying to get at. There have been cases in the past when an Elector cast a vote other than what their state decided. But, as I mentioned, it didn't affect the outcome. Why wait for a situation to occur, instead of acting before then to make sure it doesn't happen, using something more than just peer pressure?