Saw on FB a discussion among evangelical Republicans that they're waiting to vote until Election Day because if Trump dies they're definitely voting for Pence but otherwise they're in a quandary I'm ok with this
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Officially, the Constitution itself says the electors have the absolute authority to pick the President, and the "pledges" don't exist in the Constitution at all What we're doing right now is this very awkward compromise where the states can say faithless votes are "illegal"
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But in a bunch of states they just say it's "illegal" without any named penalty, and in a bunch of other states it's "illegal" as in you have to pay a fine, and in some states it actually says you are "required" (by the state government) to change your vote
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I guess the situation is pretty unlikely anyway, requiring: - As of December 14, Trump is alive but incapacitated - there is real division within the Republican party on whether he should be put in anyway - Trump (or, rather, Republican electors) win the election
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The RNC would be required to convene a vote among their members over who the replacement should be, and the electors would be pledged to whoever won that vote
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