nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200628-224726-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200628s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200628-224726-0 doi eng 342 23 Litman, Leah Author aut Faithless Electors Litman, Leah Verfassungsblog 2020-06-28 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier As the U.S. Supreme Court term draws to a close, one set of eagerly watched cases could have potential implications for the upcoming presidential election in the United States. The Court is poised to decide two cases that involve so-called “faithless” electors. Electors are the people whose votes select the President of the United States, and the electors in these cases refused to cast their votes for the presidential candidate who won the popular vote in their home states. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Electoral College Electoral Law Presidential Elections Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/faithless-electors/ raw object