"The Supreme Court made it clear that the elector is not there to vote his or her conscience. The elector is there to vote how the state dictates," said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California-Berkeley Law School. "Most states now forbid faithless electors."
Supreme Court rules:Presidential electors can be forced to uphold popular vote
At least 32 states and the District of Columbia have laws that attempt to bind the votes of electors. Those states are Alabama, Alaska,
Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Mexico,
North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington,
Wisconsin and Wyoming.