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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : [Project on Government Oversight (POGO), a non-partisan organization: "The Constitution's Disqualification Clause Can Be Enforced Today."]Individual states, and the political parties within them, are otherwise afforded the right to appoint electors and set eligibility requirements for their service as they see fit.
43% : "2020 Supreme Court decision offers 'dangerous' path for stealing election, legal scholars say" and "States can penalize wayward presidential electors, Supreme Court rules" (ABA Journal)More from Jelani Cobb: "What Black History Should Already Have Taught Us About the Fragility of American Democracy" (The New Yorker)EligibilityProject on Government Oversight (POGO), a non-partisan organization: The Constitution's Disqualification Clause Can Be Enforced Today"Nebraska and Maine split their electoral vote.
40% : (Source: "Electoral College is 'vestige' of slavery, say some Constitutional scholars," PBS NewsHour)

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