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1. Electors to the President: great responsibility - great opportunity
- www.intersatx.net
- What is the Electors' responsibility?.
- The Electors are responsible for choosing the president of the United States. ... Electors could look for a widely trusted and respected person who is not partial to any party but who is clearly committed to the interests - to the long-range health - of this nation, and happiness of her people. ...
- In a very close election, just a few Electors would be all that is necessary to ensure that a third name is put up for consideration, and with no majority of Electoral votes going to any one person, the House of Representatives would decide, from the top three. ...
- How are Electors Chosen?.
- Who are the Electors to the President? Does anyone know the names of these people who are the ultimate choosers of the President of these United States? The State Legislatures determine the manner in which the Electors are chosen, but traditionally, the slate of Electors has been nominated by or approved by the two largest political parties. ...
- The Electors have traditionally been hand-picked by the two 'major' political parties, with the party receiving a plurality of votes cast in each State enjoying the privlidge of naming the entire slate of Electors for that State. The Electors, ostensibly chosen by the Legislators, (according to the Constitution), but picked by the parties, then vote for their party's nominee. ... Who is actually choosing the Electors? Is it the Legislature or the Parties? .
- If the level of citizen participation in the election falls to one-half or less, and if those who do vote are voting as much against someone as for someone, and if most people feel that the choices presented leave much to be desired--if, when asked who they would like to have as president if they could choose anyone, people say, "someone who is not running"--, the question arises: Is the election a mandate in any sense of the word? Or, is it time for the Electors to set aside tradition and vote their conscience? If not now, when? How low can public confidence in the slate of candidates go before the electors would see a responsibility to look beyond this slate? Should the Constitution be changed to eliminate the role of the Electors? A computer program could much more efficiently perform the function that Electors perform today. ...
- Each state shall appoint, in such a Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of Electors. ...
2. May Electors Defect?
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- Related link: Could the Presidential Electors elect someone for president that was not running?.
- May Electors Defect? .
- There have been a number of e-mails sent to me inquiring about whether any Presidential Electors might defect when it comes time to vote in their respective States come this 18 December and, if so, if this is legal. Aside from the fact that I would find any such defections- even in this Election- a major surprise (as Electors are chosen by the Political Parties and are, pretty much by definition, Party loyalists), I have generally referred these e-mailers to the chart on our site at http://www. ... com/G00/Electors. html on which we have indicated which States- by statute- require its Electors to vote for the winners of the plurality of the Popular Vote for President in that State; I have also included the warning (dealt with rather superficially in a footnote underneath this chart) that such statutes thus "binding" Electors might or might not be unconstitutional. ...
- There has never been a definitive court ruling as to whether Presidential Electors are, indeed, free agents who could, in theory, vote for someone other than the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of their Party (presumably- at least in all but Maine or Nebraska- the Party whose candidates had gained the plurality of the Popular Vote statewide). It is apparent that Electors were originally intended by the Framers to be free agents; the question has been- since 1796, with the clear advent of Political Parties on the national stage- just how free can the Electors really be in the midst of Partisan Politics? This question has become even more acute since the pervasiveness of the General Ticket ("Winner-Take-All") system of allocating Electors State-by-State since the 1830's.
- THE "FAITHLESS SEVEN" - Presidential Electors who have defected in the past.
- The issue of the constitutionality- under the Federal Constitution- of State laws binding Electors largely turns on the question of whether Electors are Federal or State officers. ... 377) 1890 - the Justices writing the opinions suggested that Presidential Electors- since they merely cast the State's vote for President and Vice President- were no more Federal officers than the State Legislatures which, at the time, elected United States Senators or the People themselves who- in their respective States- voted for their Members of Congress (meaning the House of Representatives); yet, in two 20th century cases- Hawke v. ... 534) 1934 - there was language suggesting just the opposite: that the Electors were Federal officers because they performed Federal functions which only existed under the United States Constitution and never existed at the State level prior to the Framing of the Constitution. ... , the statements reflecting these two conflicting views of Electors as either State or Federal officers, respectively, as found among the four cases cited were not germane to the issue of any of these four cases, thus they can hardly be said to be controlling).
- 214) 1952 - which involved the constitutionality of a rule by the Democratic Party of Alabama, backed up by a State statute allowing Parties to do so, requiring Electors to be bound to vote for the Party's presidential and vice-presidential nominees (a rule forced on Alabama Democrats by the National Democratic Party in the wake of the "Dixiecrat" rebellion at the 1948 Democratic Convention)- Justice Reed, writing the opinion, opined that a State could require a pledge by an Elector to vote for his Party's national ticket generally (thus, implying- despite the two 20th century cases cited in the previous paragraph- that Electors were not Federal officers), though this statement- too- was not germane to the case.
- State officer issue as regards Presidential Electors is important in discerning whether or not an Elector might be a free agent even in States which specifically bind its Electors, as it is clear that a State cannot "instruct" a Federal officer, even if that officer represents the State (such as a United States Senator). If Presidential Electors are, in fact, Federal officers, they should be free of any State requirement as to how they should cast their Electoral Vote; if they are, instead, merely State officers, such requirements (even if only by State Party rule- as opposed to State statute) would- of course- be legally binding. ...
3. Election2000: Republican electors are urged to switch
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- Republican electors are urged to switch.
- Florida electors who have pledged to back George W. ...
- "I'm urging you to cast your vote to reflect the will of the majority of Americans," Robbie Sanchez of Louisiana wrote prominent GOP fundraiser Al Austin of Tampa and other Republican electors across the state. ...
- Though electors in some states are subject to fines if they vote against their party's nominee, Florida law provides no such penalty. But considering that Florida's 25 GOP electors include some of the state's most prominent and loyal Republicans, the likelihood of switched votes seems remote at best. ...
- The names, addresses and some phone numbers of the electors in Florida and other states are posted on the Web site of Citizens for True Democracy, which advocates that direct popular elections replace the Electoral College. Created by two 21-year-old students at Claremont McKenna College in California, the Web site includes a sample letter for people to urge Republican electors to follow the will of the people. ...
- States must name their Electoral College electors by Dec. 12, and electors meet in state capitals Dec. ...
- Electors signed their pledges assuming their candidate would win the popular vote, Einrich said, and should now reconsider their obligation. ...
- Bush supporters aren't taking chances with their electors, and have started sending their own letters. ...
- " Picking electors.
- The Electoral College works like this: Each state gets a number of electors equal to the number of congressional members it has. ...
- 1, the governor is required to certify to the Florida Department of State the names of the electors from each party. Florida's electors have signed an oath to vote as they have promised. ...
- 12, federal statutes require states to select their electors for the Electoral College. ...
4. 13-19-304. Voting by nonregistered electors.
- data.opi.state.mt.us
- Voting by nonregistered electors. (1) For any election being conducted under this chapter by a political subdivision that allows individuals to vote who are not registered electors, such an individual may vote by appearing in person at the election administrator's office and demonstrating that he possesses the qualifications which entitle him to vote. ...
5. Laws of Dominica: Registration of Electors Act
- www.georgetown.edu
- REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS ACT.
- REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS.
- QUALIFICATION OF ELECTORS.
- Electors. ...
- Registers of electors. ...
- the preliminary register of electors (S. ...
- the revised annual lists of electors (S. ...
- 15 of 1979 (Registration of Electors (Validation) Act 1979) validated the failure of the Chief Registering Officer to publish the preliminary register of electors and the final register of electors within the time required by this Act (Ch. ...
6. Barbara Lee Demands Election Reform, Joins Challenge of Ohio Electors
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- BARBARA LEE DEMANDS ELECTION REFORM, JOINS CHALLENGE OF OHIO ELECTORS.
- Congresswoman Lee joined Congressman John Conyers, Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus in sending a letter to the House and Senate leadership stating their intention to challenge the electors from Ohio and outlining their concerns.
- According to Statute, if a state’s electors are challenged by one Representative and one Senator, the joint session will be suspended and the House and Senate will each convene separately for two hours of debate. After the debate, each chamber will vote on whether or not to certify the electors from Ohio.
7. HB867 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS - Walton, Juanita Head
- www.house.state.mo.us
- HB867 Changes process of nominating and electing presidential electors to district by district method with two statewide electors; binds electors to vote for nominating party. ...
8. 85-8-305. Qualifications of electors.
- data.opi.state.mt.us
- Qualifications of electors. ...
- (a) all of the persons having the qualifications of electors under the constitution and general laws of the state; .
9. Fermanagh Presents - Poll of Electors 1788
- www.fermanagh.org.uk
- POLL OF ELECTORS 1788 .
- Here is the Poll of Electors of the County Fernamagh, 1788. ...
- To return to this page at any time click the 'Electors Poll 1788' button.
10. The Nation | Editorial | Wanted: Three Electors | The Editors
- www.thenation.com
- Home Issues December 25, 2000 issue Wanted: Three Electors.
- Wanted: Three Electors .
- If on December 18, the day the Electoral College convenes to cast its ballot, three Republican electors decide on their own to vote for him, all the speculation is moot. ...
- Our purpose is to argue that our three hypothetical electors should so decide and that American democracy would be the better for it. ...
- That's where our hypothetical three electors come in. ...
- It will immediately be objected that what we are proposing is an invitation to electoral anarchy, that history has rightly stigmatized the thirteen electors who switched their votes in previous presidential elections as "faithless electors. " Besides, Vice President Gore himself has said he would "not accept" Republican electors. ... Even a Gore concession speech doesn't bind the electors. ...
- As for those faithless electors, we would argue that if you have a system of electors instead of direct democracy, the possibility of defection goes with the package. What is more, if three or more Republican electors decide to cross over, far from creating electoral anarchy, their actions would be legally defensible, morally beneficial and politically desirable. ...
- Legally, because under the Electoral College electors are not bound by the Constitution to follow the popular vote, and in twenty-four states they remain free to vote their conscience. ... Scholars like Akhil Reed Amar and Mark Tushnet argue that electors are totally free agents. ...
- " They did not anticipate political parties or the current practice of electors pledging to vote in accordance with the popular vote in their state. ...
- But the dramatic gesture of three electors or more defying the Electoral College could concentrate the nation's attention wonderfully and help jump-start a movement for reform. It might at least stimulate collateral reforms in the states, along the lines of the present systems of appointing electors in Maine and Nebraska, only carrying it further. ...
- In the past, faithless electors were eccentric loners. This year they could be electors of conscience--the people's electors. ...
11. LJWorld.com : Kansas electors make Bush vote official
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- Kansas electors make Bush vote official .
- Presidential electors met Monday in state capitals across the nation to cast votes in the Electoral College.
- On Monday, the six Kansas electors, chosen earlier by the state Republican Party, cast their votes for Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. ...
- While the presidential electors' meeting was routine, Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh called it "historic. ...
- The six electors received $3 per diem plus 15 cents per mile for their work.
12. Llangynfelyn - Adran rhestrau Etholwyr/Lists of Electors section
- www.llangynfelyn.org
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