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Cite as:  591 U. S. ____ (2020) 

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Syllabus 

And state election laws evolved to reinforce that development, ensur-
ing  that  a  State’s  electors  would  vote  the  same  way  as  its  citizens.
Washington’s  law  is  only  another  in  the  same  vein.    It  reflects  a 
longstanding tradition in which electors are not free agents; they are 
to vote for the candidate whom the State’s voters have chosen.  Pp. 13– 
17. 

193 Wash. 2d 380, 441 P. 3d 807, affirmed.

 KAGAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., 
and GINSBURG, BREYER, ALITO, SOTOMAYOR, GORSUCH, and KAVANAUGH, 
JJ., joined.  THOMAS, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in 
which GORSUCH, J., joined as to Part II.