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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The Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act (adopted in a few states) has them, although it seems like there probably are procedures, since it's not unlikely that an elector dies between election day and convening their votes (https://www.uniformlaws.org/HigherLogic/System/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFileKey=c98d06fd-0be3-aff9-a9ab-af16d701c771&forceDialog=0 …)
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Ah, okay, I'm wrong, there is a law that enables faithless electors to get recalled, on the basis that the 12th Amendment says the EC is ultimately appointed by the state legislature so the state legislature can pass laws about how they are seated
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The one guy from Maine who tried to vote for Bernie Sanders in 2016 was officially removed and replaced by an alternate Other people who voted faithlessly were "forced to change their vote" (which I guess they ultimately consented to) Others had the vote stand but were fined
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