Document Type
Article
Comments
The Faithless Elector: A Contracts Problem, 38 LA. L. REV. 31 (1977)
Abstract
Our electoral college system for electing the President sometimes
generates the problem of the "faithless elector"-the elector who runs as
a member of a slate pledged to vote for a particular candidate, but who
casts his vote for somebody else.
Date of Authorship for this Version
1977
Recommended Citation
Black, Charles L. Jr., "The Faithless Elector: A Contracts Problem" (1977). Faculty Scholarship Series. 2624.
https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers/2624