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Are faithless electors Legal 2020?
On appeal, the 10th Circuit ruled in August 2019 that Colorado’s faithless elector law is unconstitutional. On July 6, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in both Chiafalo v. Washington and Colorado Department of State v. Baca that states may enforce laws to punish faithless electors.
Has the Electoral College ever had faithless electors?
There has been one faithless elector in each of the following elections: 1948, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1988. A blank ballot was cast in 2000. In 2016, seven electors broke with their state on the presidential ballot and six did so on the vice presidential ballot.
How many faithless electors were there in the 2016 election?
In the 2016 United States presidential election, ten members of the Electoral College voted or attempted to vote for a candidate different from the ones to whom they were pledged.
Who are the electors for 2020?
California
- Agustin Arreola – Community Organizer, 23, Thermal.
- Joy Atkinson.
- Katherine Bancroft – Native American Activist, Lone Pine.
- Kara Bechtle – Tuolumne County Democratic Party, Soulsbyville.
- Brandon Benjamin – Campaign Staffer, Liam O’Mara, Corona.
- Janine Bera, MD – Wife of Congressman Ami Bera.
Who Cannot be an elector?
What are the qualifications to be an elector? The U.S. Constitution contains very few provisions relating to the qualifications of electors. Article II, section 1, clause 2 provides that no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector.
What happens if neither presidential candidate gets 270 electoral votes?
What happens if no presidential candidate gets 270 electoral votes? If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Presidential election leaves the Electoral College process and moves to Congress. The Senate elects the Vice President from the 2 Vice Presidential candidates with the most electoral votes.
How many electors are necessary to be elected President of the United States?
A candidate needs the vote of at least 270 electors—more than half of all electors—to win the presidential election.
Who are the electors by name?
California
- Dustin R. Reed, Concord.
- Javier Gonzalez, San Jose.
- Shawn E. Terris, Ventura.
- John M. Ryan, San Rafael.
- Mark W. Headley, Berkeley.
- Gail R. Teton-Landis, Santa Barbara.
- Faith A. Garamendi, Davis.
- Ana A. Huerta, Bakersfield.