How U.S. States Choose Presidential Electors
Nomated byNames on ballot?Legally bound?
AlabamaPartyNoYes
AlaskaPartyNoYes
ArizonaPrimaryYesNo
ArkansasConventionNoNo
CaliforniaSpecialNoYes
ColoradoPartyNoYes
ConnecticutConventionNoYes
DelawareConventionNoNo
DCCommitteeNoYes
FloridaCommitteeNoNo
GeorgiaConventionNoNo
HawaiiConventionNoYes
IdahoConventionYesNo
IllinoisConventionNoNo
IndianaConventionNoNo
IowaConventionNoNo
KansasPartyYesNo
KentuckyPartyNoNo
LouisianaPartyNoNo
MaineConventionNoYes
MarylandConventionNoYes
MassachusettsCommitteeNoYes
MichiganConventionNoNo
MinnesotaConventionNoNo
MississippiPrimaryYesNo
MissouriPartyNoNo
MontanaPartyNoNo
NebraskaConventionNoNo
NevadaConventionNoYes
New HampshireConventionNoNo
New JerseyCommitteeNoNo
New MexicoConventionNoWith penalty
New YorkCommitteeNoNo
North CarolinaConventionNoWith penalty
North DakotaConventionYesNo
OhioConventionNoYes
OkahomaConventionYesWith penalty
OregonPartyNoYes
PennsylvaniaPresidential candidateNoNo
Rhode IslandConventionNoNo
South CarolinaCommitteeYesWith penalty
South DakotaConventionYesNo
TennesseePartyYesYes
TexasPartyNoNo
UtahConventionNoNo
VermontConventionNoNo
VirginiaConventionYesYes
WashingtonPartyNoWith penalty
West VirginiaConventionNoNo
WisconsinLegislators & candidatesNoNo
WyomingConventionNoYes



According to the source, in California, the Democrats have the most recent nominees for U.S. House and Senate select the electors (whether or not they won their election). The California Republicans have a committee that includes recent nominees for state offices, legislators and other party officials.

Information for this table comes from:

Thomas M. Durbin and Michael V. Seitzinger, Nomination and Election of the President and Vice President of the United States (Washington, DC, 1980)
as quoted as Appendix C in
Walter Berns, editor, After the People Vote (Washington, DC, 1983).