States Fight to Keep Dem/Rep Rigging of Presidential Elections

The Supreme Court has decided to take up an issue that goes to the heart of the United States election process.  There have been conflicting rulings, one by a State Supreme Court and another by a Federal Court of Appeals as to whether the votes of presidential electors belong to the electors themselves or to the states.

In the case at hand, the states have tried to penalize the so-called "faithless electors" who voted their conscience in the 2016 election.  The appeals are coming from the electors in the State of Washington, who wish not to be penalized, and the State of Colorado, who lost its bid to penalize faithless electors. 

23 states have asked the Supreme Court to rule in favor of the states controlling the electoral vote.  What this means in reality is that the Republican and Democratic parties wish to keep control of the electoral vote.  Since all states but Nebraska and Maine use a system where people vote for a slate of electors that belong to the same party, there is little opportunity for someone outside of the party establishment to become an elector.  If you take away an elector's ability to vote in the way they choose, the power monopoly is assured.      

A Conscious Conservative believes that electors should be selected without regards to political party membership.  Electors should also vote for the candidate which they believe will best serve in the office.  No. 68 of the Federalist Papers states that selecting the president should require that "every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue or corruption."  Unfortunately for the United States, the Republican and Democratic parties have become the cabals about which the Founders warned and 23 states are now asking the Supreme Court to condone the corruption.