Each state sets its own procedure for selecting electors. Party conventions are the most common method, but there are many other variations.
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1824: Jackson-Adams
1876: Hayes-Tilden
1888: Cleveland-Harrison
How States and Parties Choose Electors The table here (opens in new window) is a list of how the different states have political parties choose who will be their electors. It also shows whether or not the electors' names appear on the ballot in November. Finally, it indicates which states have passed laws to bind their electors. Not too many do, and even fewer have defined penalties for an unfaithful elector. Yet, of more than 16,000 electors in U.S. history, less than a dozen have ever voted contrary to the wishes of the people who elected them. Don't you wish we could say the same about our other elected officials? Caution: This information comes from a source over 15 years old, so some of the information may have changed. EC Challenge: Help EC bring this list up to date. Any individual or school group interested in participating in a project? It could be done perhaps as library research (it would have to be a law library) or by contacting election officials in all the states. Please e-mail the address below if you are interested in taking on all or part of the project. All participants will be acknowledged. |
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