There is nothing to look up. No constitutional provision on the electoral college prevent a state from entering into a compact to change the way they choose electors; or, those electors would be free to vote for the national vote winner if they chose.
If you are trying to claim it has something to do with the guarantee of a republican form of government you have been conned.
In other words, you cannot name a single constitutional provision that would prohibit any state from giving its electoral votes to the national popular vote winner or prevent the state pact (specifically provided for in the Constitution). I think it is a stupid idea but nothing about it is unconstitutional.
It doesn't matter which articles you cite since none of them prohibit states from distributing electoral votes in the manner they choose as long as it is consistent with the Constitution.
I am aware of arguments about congressional approval of a pact but most court cases and scholars do not believe it is an issue. Also, Supreme Court rulings give states "wide discretion in selecting the method by which they appoint their electors" (McPherson v. Blacker (1892) and Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (2015))
Also, Congress still has many years to approve such a pact in the event enough states join.
It has nothing to do with what they can't do, it is about what the Constitution gives the states the power to do without interference from the federal government.
You trans lefties pretend you favor states' rights and less federal power until a state does something you don't like and then you want to invent some reason for prohibiting it.
No, I don't think they have never tried to do so. And this pact does not award them based on another state but on the national vote total. Because they have never done something before does not mean they cannot do it as long as it is within their constitutional power to do so.
It does not abridge anybody's right to vote as some people have claimed about the 14th Amendment.
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