They are chosen as soon as the votes of the Presidential election are counted and certified .
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neither ! voters chose a slate of ELECTORS pledged to a particular candidate after the election the Secretary of State certifies which SLATE OF ELECTORS was elected and that slate of electors forms the body of the electoral college which in turn elects the President-VP
A slate of candidates refers to a group of individuals who are running for office together under a common agenda or platform, often endorsed by a political party or organization. This group is presented to voters as a unified ticket, with each candidate supporting the others on the slate.
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slate of electors pledged to a candidate cannot vote for any other candidate they are pledged to
Most states appoint their electors on a winner-take-all basis, based on the statewide popular vote on Election Day. Maine and Nebraska are the only two current exceptions. Maine and Nebraska distribute their electoral votes proportionally, with two at-large electors representing the statewide winning presidential and vice-presidential candidates and one elector each representing the winners from each of their Congressional districts.
No state has any electoral votes at all. The electors have the votes, not the states. The state legislatures determine how the electors are chosen, but states do not have electoral votes. Neither does the constitution say that states tell electors how to vote. ====================== Some clarification... The electors might have the votes, but each state has an allocation of electors which is determined by the total number of Representatives and Senators each state has. Washington DC is allocated 3 electors. California's allocation of 55 electors is the largest because - as of the 2010 census - California has the largest population. Florida and New York are tied at 29 electors each. Note that the population census includes everyone, not just U.S. citizens. In the process of selecting electors, generally each political party in each state selects a slate of potential electors - although that can vary by state. Then, on Election Day, voters who are voting for a candidate are actually voting for that candidate's slate of potential electors. Some states include the name of the potential electors on the ballot. There is no Constitutional requirement nor Federal law that says how the electors must vote, but each state can have its own requirements.
I am guessing you mean electors for the presidential election. These people usually do not have their names on the ballot but there are sworn to vote for one of the candidates who is running president and whose name is on the ballot. So when you vote for a presidential candidate, you are really voting for his slate of electors.
Here's a helpful page about the electoral college: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/ When you vote for president, you're actually voting for "electors" pledged to a particular candidate...
Every vote counts equally. The popular vote determines which slate of electors will be allowed to cast the electoral votes for that state.
In Indiana, the electoral college electors are chosen by the political parties during their state conventions. Each party nominates a slate of electors equal to the number of congressional representatives Indiana has, which is currently 11. When citizens cast their votes in the presidential election, the candidate who receives the majority of the popular vote in the state typically has their electors pledged to vote for them in the Electoral College. These electors formally cast their votes for president and vice president during a meeting in December following the election.
The party of each candidate selects a slate of state electors. It is these people we actually vote for when we cast a ballot for president, not the candidate. The slate with the most votes gets to cast electoral votes for the President. Although each elector is sworn to vote for a specific candidate, there is no control on how they can vote and occasionally there is a "faithless" elector who crosses his party either by mistake or on purpose.