Legally, the electors may vote for someone other than the candidate for whom they were pledged to vote. This phenomenon is known as the "unfaithful" or "faithless" elector.
Since the founding of the Electoral College, there have been 156 faithless Electors. 71 of these votes were changed because the original candidate died before the day on which the Electoral College cast their votes. Three of the votes were not cast at all as three Electors chose to abstain from casting their Electoral vote for any candidate. The other 82 Electoral votes were changed on the personal initiative of the Elector.
Originally posted by Nash You're saying that *nobody* should bother voting. You know that, right?
Originally posted by Elfie I believe it is determined on a Federal level since its a Federal election. (Could be wrong on that though)
Using *this* for a reason not to vote, however, is a bit nuts...
Originally posted by Elfie I won't even bother to vote for Bush or Kerry. The popular vote means absolutely nothing. The Electoral College will decide who is president, not us.I wont worry about who is in office as President ever because I have absolutely NO control over who gets there.
Originally posted by type_char [size=20]LANDSLIDE BUSH!!![/size]
Originally posted by straffo I think he just want to get ride of the EC.Frankly ,why isn't the popular vote wich count ?