Having "faithless" presidential electors would introduce new opportunities for wealthy special interests to secretly influence our politics and for electors to cast their votes in favor of the highest bidder. #SCOTUS should rule against #FaithlessElectors. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/u-s-supreme-court-set-to-hear-washington-case-challenging-role-of-state-electors/ …pic.twitter.com/r3CrfmqvJ0
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If your argument is "gosh, this sure would be a bummer if it was the case" yeah, maybe? Who knows? The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact seems like the best workaround we have. You're fighting a super weird fight, IMO.
To be sure, the National Popular Vote Compact would be a great step towards a more democratic system. We support it. In the meanwhile, the faithless elector case IS before SCOTUS, and has the potential to create disaster. It's not either-or.https://campaignlegal.org/update/case-national-popular-vote …
