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"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector."

Source: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/provisions.html#provisions

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If you are referring to the electoral college then...

No, because the Article II, section 1, clause 2 states that no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

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No. No senator, Representative or person holding an office of trust or profit can be an elector.

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