The officiant at my wedding was a WA State Elector. And yes, while 33 states do have laws around how the Elector votes, most have no penalty and several have no recourse for if an elector fails to do their duty: https://www.fairvote.org/faithless_elector_state_laws Not arguing with you, here. Just making sure we are all clear on the machinations and the inner workings, because you KNOW the shitweasels are working on every angle to fuck this up. (I mean, shit... with $10m you could easily get 10-15 electors to swing with a single cash payment. And the shitweasels have a LOT more money than that to throw at stupid things...)
Just this summer, the Court said that if a state has a law that says that electors have to vote a certain way, then if the vote goes another way, it's null and void (pursuant to state law). https://www.npr.org/2020/07/06/885168480/supreme-court-rules-state-faithless-elector-laws-constitutional It's pretty interesting that it took 240 years to test this. The EC sucks so hard. It shouldn't exist. It's a vestige of the good old slave days, and I really hope that enough states sign onto the popular vote compact, even though that's a bandaid. I learned only yesterday that an amendment to abolish it had the support of the House and Nixon back in 1970, only to be scuttled by a group of southern senators (surprise, surprise):