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Steve King: “I just had a lingering question that I wanted to pose to the chairman of the Constitution Caucus, that being the issue…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2007
I just had a lingering question that I wanted to pose to the chairman of the Constitution Caucus, that being the issue that was raised here a half hour or so ago, and that is the issue of the electors who are chosen. And I would ask the chairman if he would opine on as to whether the electors are bound to vote as directed by the voters within the State or are they bound to vote according to their own conscience if push comes to shove? And do you know of instances where the electors have actually broken their faith with the voters and voted the opposite way within the States?
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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Questioning the role and obligations of electors in the electoral process.

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