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Re:Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence” by totalZero on Friday May 29, 2020 @04:22AM (#23347593)
States can apportion their electors however they choose, but generally their votes are cast in a "winner take all" manner.

This setup is (in a way) a consequence of the Great Compromise, and would serve to reduce the electoral influence of more populous states even if elector votes were cast proportionally with respected the state's popular vote.

It's not accurate to say that people in the US vote for electors.

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Re:Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence” by tephra on Friday May 29, 2020 @05:19AM (#23347953)
Worth noting that there are now cases in the Supreme Court about "faithless" electors that didn't cast their vote for the state mandated winner.

https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/05/argument-analysis-in-a-cl...

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