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2016 Postmortem

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2. The Supreme Court has held it is legit for a party to demand a pledge

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2016, 12:18 AM

Dec 2016

from a prospective elector before he/she is allowed to be made part of the party's slate of electors. Under the circumstances, it's hard to see how it could be illegitimate for the party to tell a faithless elector that there will be consequences within the party from not supporting the party's nominee.

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Those electors aren't going to do shit. duffyduff Dec 2016 #1

The Supreme Court has held it is legit for a party to demand a pledge onenote Dec 2016 #2

They Just Want To Get Max Possible SoCalMusicLover Dec 2016 #3

You may be right? kentuck Dec 2016 #4