Chris Suprun, a Texas Republican candidate for presidential elector, says if elected in November, he may not vote for Donald Trump in December. See this Politico story. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.

This story, and similar stories, often point out that some states have laws telling presidential electors that they must vote for the presidential candidate they had said they would vote for. These stories never point out that these laws are unenforceable. A presidential elector has the constitutional right to help choose the President, regardless of any state law. A state may punish such an elector, but a state can’t tell him or her how to vote.

Three states say that presidential electors who are “faithless” are deemed to have resigned, and are instantly replaced by the other electors from that state. But if the entire state delegation casts “faithless” votes, that law won’t work, because then that state wouldn’t have any electors.

On August 25, the Montana Secretary of State said both presidential petitions submitted this year are valid. They are for Jill Stein and Rocky De La Fuente. The law requires 5,000 signatures due August 17. Stein will have the “Green” label next to her name.

The qualified parties in Montana are Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican.

Oregon has eight qualified parties. It is likely that three of them won’t nominate anyone for President.

The Working Families Party generally nominates candidates who are also Democratic nominees, but the Working Families Party in Oregon does not expect to nominate Hillary Clinton or anyone else.

The Constitution Party of Oregon is in political disagreement with the national Constitution Party, and does not expect to nominate Darrell Castle or anyone else for President this year.

The Independent Party had its own private presidential primary, and no one got as much as 50%, so under its own bylaws, it can’t nominate anyone for President.

The other five parties are Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Progressive, and Republican. The Progressive Party nominated Jill Stein, so her name will be on the ballot as “Pacific Green, Progressive.”