attempted to vote for John Kasich for president in 2016
E759734
Attempted to vote for John Kasich for president in 2016 is the intended but disallowed 2016 U.S. Electoral College presidential vote cast by Colorado faithless elector Michael Baca.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| attempted to vote for John Kasich for president in 2016 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8821460 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: attempted to vote for John Kasich for president in 2016 Context triple: [Michael Baca, electoralVoteIntention, attempted to vote for John Kasich for president in 2016]
-
A.
U.S. presidential candidate
A U.S. presidential candidate is an individual who runs for the office of President of the United States, seeking election through primary contests and the general election.
-
B.
2016 United States presidential election
The 2016 United States presidential election was a highly contentious race in which Republican nominee Donald Trump defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, reshaping American politics and global perceptions of the U.S. political system.
-
C.
McCutcheon
McCutcheon is the surname of English actress and singer Martine McCutcheon, known for her roles in "EastEnders" and "Love Actually."
-
D.
2012 United States presidential election
The 2012 United States presidential election was the contest in which incumbent President Barack Obama was re-elected over Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
-
E.
Pierce–Scott presidential election
The Pierce–Scott presidential election was the 1852 U.S. presidential contest in which Democrat Franklin Pierce defeated Whig candidate Winfield Scott, marking the effective collapse of the Whig Party.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: attempted to vote for John Kasich for president in 2016 Target entity description: Attempted to vote for John Kasich for president in 2016 is the intended but disallowed 2016 U.S. Electoral College presidential vote cast by Colorado faithless elector Michael Baca.
-
A.
U.S. presidential candidate
A U.S. presidential candidate is an individual who runs for the office of President of the United States, seeking election through primary contests and the general election.
-
B.
2016 United States presidential election
The 2016 United States presidential election was a highly contentious race in which Republican nominee Donald Trump defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, reshaping American politics and global perceptions of the U.S. political system.
-
C.
McCutcheon
McCutcheon is the surname of English actress and singer Martine McCutcheon, known for her roles in "EastEnders" and "Love Actually."
-
D.
2012 United States presidential election
The 2012 United States presidential election was the contest in which incumbent President Barack Obama was re-elected over Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
-
E.
Pierce–Scott presidential election
The Pierce–Scott presidential election was the 1852 U.S. presidential contest in which Democrat Franklin Pierce defeated Whig candidate Winfield Scott, marking the effective collapse of the Whig Party.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
disallowed electoral vote
ⓘ
faithless elector attempt ⓘ intended electoral vote ⓘ |
| candidateIntended | John Kasich ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInvoked |
Article II of the United States Constitution
ⓘ
Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| context | part of coordinated effort by some electors to block Donald Trump from presidency ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| date | 2016-12-19 ⓘ |
| election | 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ |
| elector | Michael Baca ⓘ |
| electoralCollege |
United States Electoral College
ⓘ
linked to:
Electoral College
|
| electoralVoteType | presidential vote (not vice-presidential) ⓘ |
| electorFaithlessIntent | true ⓘ |
| electorHomeState | Colorado ⓘ |
| electorName | Michael Baca ⓘ |
| electorRemovalAuthority |
Colorado Secretary of State
ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado Department of State
|
| electorRemoved | true ⓘ |
| electorReplacement | alternate Colorado elector ⓘ |
| electorRole | Democratic elector pledged to Hillary Clinton ⓘ |
| governmentBody | Colorado presidential electors ⓘ |
| intendedEffect | encourage Republican electors to defect from Donald Trump ⓘ |
| intendedTicketRunningMate | John Kasich had no formal running mate in this electoral vote attempt ⓘ |
| legalIssue | constitutionality of binding presidential electors ⓘ |
| legalProceeding |
Baca v. Colorado Department of State
ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado Department of State v. Baca
|
| location | Denver, Colorado ⓘ |
| mediaDescription | faithless elector attempt in Colorado ⓘ |
| notableFor | testing limits of state power over Electoral College electors ⓘ |
| opposedCandidate | Donald Trump ⓘ |
| outcome | disallowed ⓘ |
| partyOfElector | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| popularVoteWinnerInState | Hillary Clinton ⓘ |
| positionVotedFor | President of the United States ⓘ |
| reasonForDisallowance | violation of Colorado state law requiring electors to vote for statewide popular vote winner ⓘ |
| relatedSupremeCourtCase | Chiafalo v. Washington ⓘ |
| relatedTo | faithless electors in the 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ |
| replacementElectorVoteFor | Hillary Clinton ⓘ |
| stateLawInvoked | Colorado law binding electors to statewide popular vote winner ⓘ |
| stateRepresented | Colorado ⓘ |
| subsequentJudicialOutcome |
Tenth Circuit initially ruled in favor of elector autonomy in Baca v. Colorado
ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado Department of State v. Baca
|
| typeOfFaithlessAction | presidential vote cast for candidate not on state ballot ⓘ |
| year | 2016 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: attempted to vote for John Kasich for president in 2016 Description of subject: Attempted to vote for John Kasich for president in 2016 is the intended but disallowed 2016 U.S. Electoral College presidential vote cast by Colorado faithless elector Michael Baca.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.