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Supreme Court to decide the future of the Electoral College

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
imageOn Dec. 19, 2016, Colorado elector Micheal Baca, in T-shirt second from left, cast his electoral ballot for John Kasich, though Hillary Clinton had won his state's popular vote.AP Photo/Brennan Linsley

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