Yes the Electors that make up the "college" cast their ballots and voted for President as Constitutionally prescribed. Yes they do have to vote according to the results in their State if their State has a Law in place prior to their appointment that says they must vote for the candidate of the party that nominated them as an Elector for President and Vice President. Not all States have such a Law but some do. The scotus ruled this stupidly and in direct opposition to the Constitutions intent in joint cases CHIAFFALO V. WASHINGTON and BACA V. COLORADO in 2020. I wrote a book on it called "The Electoral College for Patriots" which was published prior to this decision. In order to come up with their stupid ruling they had to redefine the word "Manner" as used in Article 2 sec. 1. They said that Electors appointed in the Manner chosen by the Legislature thereof must also vote in the Manner chosen by the State because according to scotus "Manner" not only means how you are appointed but what you must do after you are appointed. It really defies common sense. The 12th Amendment says the Electors shall name in "their ballots" but this decision makes those ballots the States' ballots to be decided by the Legislature thereof and they are no longer the ballots of the Electors otherwise known as We the People. It really is a disgusting decision.
Sounds like the situation with jury nullification. Why have jurors/electors if they're there to mechanically vote in a prescribed manner?
Exactly. The decision has zero basis in the Constitution, they simply made it up. Like I said they redefined the word "Manner". I can only think of one other place where that word is used in the Constitution and that is Article 1 sec. 4 that allows State Legislatures to "prescribe the Manner of electing Senators and Representatives ". If you apply the new definition to that section then State Legislatures can tell those Senators and Representatives how they must vote or they can tell us voters how we must vote because they chose the "Manner" of those elections. It really is convoluted logic.
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