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Experts urge Oregon to adopt Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act to deter faithless electors
Summary
Policy experts told the Senate Judiciary committee that adopting the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act would let Oregon automatically replace faithless electors, citing a unanimous 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding states' authority and bipartisan adoption in other states.
David Weinberg, a policy strategist with Protect Democracy United, told the committee that a single faithless presidential elector can materially undermine the will of voters and that states should adopt clear mechanisms to replace any elector who refuses to cast a vote consistent with the certified popular vote.
Weinberg described Oregon's current code requiring a pledge from elector…
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