Michael Baca
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Michael Baca is an American presidential elector known for his role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Colorado Department of State v. Baca, which addressed whether states can penalize or replace “faithless electors” in the Electoral College.
All labels observed (1)
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| Michael Baca canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1892605 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Baca Context triple: [Colorado Department of State v. Baca, respondent, Michael Baca]
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Rudy Ricciotti
Rudy Ricciotti is a prominent French architect known for his innovative use of concrete and for designing major cultural buildings such as the MuCEM in Marseille.
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Howard Cunningham
Howard Cunningham is the affable, old-fashioned Milwaukee hardware store owner and father figure on the classic American sitcom "Happy Days."
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Kwame Kilpatrick
Kwame Kilpatrick is a former mayor of Detroit who became widely known for his corruption scandal, criminal convictions, and subsequent imprisonment.
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D.
Theodore Vierra
Theodore Vierra was a Hawaiian architect and developer known for his influential role in shaping mid-20th-century commercial and urban projects in Honolulu.
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E.
Rob Bonta
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- 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: Michael Baca Target entity description: Michael Baca is an American presidential elector known for his role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Colorado Department of State v. Baca, which addressed whether states can penalize or replace “faithless electors” in the Electoral College.
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A.
Rudy Ricciotti
Rudy Ricciotti is a prominent French architect known for his innovative use of concrete and for designing major cultural buildings such as the MuCEM in Marseille.
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B.
Howard Cunningham
Howard Cunningham is the affable, old-fashioned Milwaukee hardware store owner and father figure on the classic American sitcom "Happy Days."
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C.
Kwame Kilpatrick
Kwame Kilpatrick is a former mayor of Detroit who became widely known for his corruption scandal, criminal convictions, and subsequent imprisonment.
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D.
Theodore Vierra
Theodore Vierra was a Hawaiian architect and developer known for his influential role in shaping mid-20th-century commercial and urban projects in Honolulu.
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E.
Rob Bonta
Rob Bonta is an American lawyer and politician who serves as California’s Attorney General and is known as the first Filipino American to hold the position.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American presidential elector
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person ⓘ |
| advocatedFor | independence of presidential electors ⓘ |
| aimOfFaithlessVote | to encourage a compromise Republican candidate ⓘ |
| areaOfNotability |
U.S. constitutional law
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election law ⓘ |
| caseOutcomeForElectorDiscretion | Supreme Court held states may bind electors ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Colorado Secretary of State
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linked to:
Colorado Department of State
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| constitutionalContext | Electoral College ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInvoked |
Article II of the U.S. Constitution
ⓘ
linked to:
Article II of the United States Constitution
Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| electedAsElectorFor | Hillary Clinton ⓘ |
| electoralCollegeRole | Colorado presidential elector in 2016 ⓘ |
| electoralVoteIntention | attempted to vote for John Kasich for president in 2016 ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Hispanic Americans
ⓘ
linked to:
Hispanic and Latino Americans
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| involvedIn | litigation over faithless electors ⓘ |
| knownFor | being a faithless elector ⓘ |
| legalIssueInCase | whether states can penalize or replace faithless electors ⓘ |
| legalPrecedentResultingFromCase | states may enforce elector pledges through removal or sanction ⓘ |
| legalProceedingLevel |
U.S. Supreme Court
ⓘ
linked to:
Supreme Court of the United States
|
| mediaCoverage | national U.S. media in 2016–2020 ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in Colorado Department of State v. Baca ⓘ |
| occupation | presidential elector ⓘ |
| opposedPracticeOf | state penalties or replacement of faithless electors ⓘ |
| participatedIn | 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ |
| partOf | movement of 2016 faithless electors ⓘ |
| partyAffiliationAtTime | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld | member of the United States Electoral College ⓘ |
| relatedCase | Chiafalo v. Washington ⓘ |
| residence | Colorado ⓘ |
| roleInLitigation | plaintiff ⓘ |
| stateRepresentedInElectoralCollege | Colorado ⓘ |
| subjectOfCourtCase | Colorado Department of State v. Baca ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfNotability | 2016–2020s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Michael Baca Description of subject: Michael Baca is an American presidential elector known for his role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Colorado Department of State v. Baca, which addressed whether states can penalize or replace “faithless electors” in the Electoral College.
Referenced by (1)
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