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Old 11-09-16, 04:50 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by mapuc View Post
Have it ever happened that a states electoral have "changed" and voted for the other candidate.

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179 times. They're called "faithless electors". Many states have laws against doing it, however. In 1836 they forced the election of the Vice President into the Senate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector
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