{"id":105,"date":"2020-12-21T18:30:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T18:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/electoralcollegeinfo\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2020-12-21T18:30:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T18:30:26","slug":"electors-are-required-to-vote-as-pledged-in-33-states-dc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/electoralcollegeinfo\/electors-are-required-to-vote-as-pledged-in-33-states-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Electors are required to vote as pledged in 33 States & DC"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, “Some states have passed laws that require their electors to vote as pledged. These laws may either impose a fine on an elector who fails to vote according to the statewide or district popular vote, or may disqualify an elector who violates his or her pledge and provide a replacement elector.”<\/p>\n

Most of these laws, listed below, “require electors to vote for the candidate of the party that nominated the elector, or require the elector to sign a pledge to do so.”<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1. Alabama (Ala. Code \u00a717-14-31)<\/td>\n18. Mississippi (Miss. Code Ann. \u00a7208.46)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. Alaska (Alaska Stat. \u00a715.30.090)<\/td>\n19. Montana (Mont. Code Ann. \u00a713-25-307)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. Arizona (Ariz. Rev. Stat. \u00a716-212)<\/td>\n20. Nebraska (Neb. Rev. Stat. \u00a732-714)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. California (Cal. Elec. Code \u00a76906)<\/td>\n21. Nevada (Nev. Rev. Stat. \u00a7298.075)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5. Colorado (Colo. Rev. Stat. \u00a71-4-304)<\/td>\n22. New Mexico (N.M. Stat. Ann. \u00a71-15-9)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6. Connecticut (Conn. Gen. Stat. \u00a79-176)<\/td>\n23. North Carolina (N.C. Gen. Stat. \u00a7163-212)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7. Delaware (Del. Code Ann. tit. 15, \u00a74303(b))<\/td>\n24. Ohio (Ohio Rev. Code \u00a73505.40)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8. District of Columbia (D.C. Code \u00a71-1001.08)<\/td>\n25. Oklahoma (Okla. Stat. tit.26 \u00a710-102)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9. Florida (Fla. Stat. \u00a7103.021)<\/td>\n26. Oregon (Or. Rev. Stat. \u00a7248.355)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10. Hawaii (Haw. Rev. Stat. \u00a714-28)<\/td>\n27. South Carolina (S.C. Code Ann. \u00a77-19-80)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11. Indiana (Ind. Code \u00a73-10-4-1.7)<\/td>\n28. Tennessee (Tenn. Code Ann. \u00a72-15-104)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12. Iowa (Iowa Code \u00a754.8)<\/td>\n29. Utah (Utah Code Ann. \u00a7 20A-13-304)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13. Maine (Me. Stat. tit.21-A, \u00a7805)<\/td>\n30. Vermont (Vt. Stat. Ann. \u00a72732)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14. Maryland (Md. Code Ann. \u00a78-505)<\/td>\n31.\u00a0Virginia (Va. Code Ann. \u00a724.2-203)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15. Massachusetts (Mass Gen. Laws ch.53, \u00a78)<\/td>\n32. Washington (Wash. Rev. Code \u00a729A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16. Michigan (Mich. Comp. Laws \u00a7168.47)<\/td>\n33. Wisconsin (Wis. Stat. \u00a77.75)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17. Minnesota (Minn. Stat. \u00a7208.46)<\/td>\n34. Wyoming (Wyo. Stat. Ann. \u00a722-19-108)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

<\/a>According to NPR, 15 of these states<\/strong> have mechanisms by which they can remove, penalize, or cancel the votes of electors who do not vote as pledged:\u00a0Michigan, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Indiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Washington, California, New Mexico, South Carolina, Oklahoma and North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Sources: <\/em><\/p>\n

Fair Vote, “Faithless Elector State Laws,” FairVote.org, July 7, 2020<\/p>\n

National Conference of State Legislatures, \u201cThe Electoral College<\/a>,\u201d ncsl.org, Nov. 11, 2020<\/p>\n

Nina Totenberg, “Supreme Court Rules State ‘Faithless Elector’ Laws Constitutional,” npr.org, July 6, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, “Some states have passed laws that require their electors to vote as pledged. These laws may either impose a fine on an elector who fails to vote according to the statewide or district popular vote, or may disqualify an elector who violates his or her pledge and […]<\/p>\n

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