Articles for Presidential Electors

If a presidential nominee drops out, what happens to states’ ballots?
5 months, 1 week ago

If a presidential nominee drops out, what happens to states’ ballots?

Raw Story  

This special report was written with contributions from States Newsroom’s 39 state news outlets. In Louisiana, for example, Deputy Secretary of State for Communications Joel Watson Jr., said the “nominees for president and vice president are not the candidates who are elected on November 5th, the people running for presidential elector are.” Iowa Secretary of State spokesperson Ashley Hunt noted …

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Arizona Republican Proposes Bill That Would Allow Politicians To Overturn Elections
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Arizona Republican Proposes Bill That Would Allow Politicians To Overturn Elections

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Arizona state Sen. Anthony Kern, a “fake elector” for Donald Trump in 2020 who was also photographed on Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6 attack, has filed a longshot proposal to allow Arizona politicians to overturn the will of voters in presidential elections. Kern’s new bill, Senate Concurrent Resolution 1014, would let state legislators decide how Electoral …

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Trump can’t be on trial in Georgia if he’s president, attorneys argue
1 year ago

Trump can’t be on trial in Georgia if he’s president, attorneys argue

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Prosecutors in Fulton County have proposed an August …

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Lawmakers who backed Trump’s fake Arizona electors advised by scholar with ties to major conservative groups
2 years, 10 months ago

Lawmakers who backed Trump’s fake Arizona electors advised by scholar with ties to major conservative groups

Raw Story  

When Republican lawmakers in Arizona convened in December 2020 to forward an alternate slate of electors to Congress in a bid to overturn the election of Joe Biden, they had received advice from a little known conservative constitutional scholar with ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, and the Federalist Society. We believe the individuals we have subpoenaed …

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Nevada electors award six Electoral College votes to Biden
4 years ago

Nevada electors award six Electoral College votes to Biden

Associated Press  

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada’s six Democratic presidential electors awarded their votes to Joe Biden on Monday morning, becoming the first slate of electors from a battleground state to cast their votes. Electors signed pledges to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates who received the most votes in the state, as required under Nevada’s faithful electors law, and …

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Today’s Electoral College is nothing like the Founders’ vision (opinion)
4 years, 2 months ago

Today’s Electoral College is nothing like the Founders’ vision (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Robert Alexander is a professor of political science and founding director of the Institute for Civics and Public Policy at Ohio Northern University. After George Washington’s tenure, state parties began securing pledges from presidential electors, which strengthened party control and changed the Electoral College process from its original intent. No longer do we expect presidential electors to exercise …

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Justices rule states can bind presidential electors’ votes
4 years, 5 months ago

Justices rule states can bind presidential electors’ votes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In a decision flavored with references to “Hamilton” and “Veep,” the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that states can require presidential electors to back their states’ popular vote winner in the Electoral College. In 2012, he tweeted, “The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.” But in November 2016 after he won he presidency despite losing the …

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Court’s ruling on Electoral College – chaos could still ensue (opinion)
4 years, 5 months ago

Court’s ruling on Electoral College – chaos could still ensue (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Robert Alexander is a professor of political science at Ohio Northern University and the author of “Representation and the Electoral College.” Follow him on Twitter: @onuprof. Robert Alexander In an effort to avoid this, the Supreme Court set out to determine whether presidential electors – a slate of individuals in each state, whose number is determined by Congressional …

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Electoral college: Supreme Court says states can punish faithless electors
4 years, 5 months ago

Electoral college: Supreme Court says states can punish faithless electors

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court said Monday that states can punish members of the Electoral College who break a pledge to vote for a state’s popular vote winner in presidential elections. “Today, we consider whether a State may also penalize an elector for breaking his pledge and voting for someone other than the presidential candidate who won his State’s popular …

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