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  2. Electoral Count Act - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution gives each state the power to appoint its electors "in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct". All states have been using some form of popular election since 1868. The electors are "appointed" at the national election held on Election Day, which occurs "on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November". [17]

  3. Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The two people chosen by the elector could not both inhabit the same state as that elector. This prohibition was designed to keep electors from voting for two "favorite sons" of their respective states. [2] The person receiving the greatest number of votes, provided that number constituted a majority of the electors, was elected president.

  4. Certificate of ascertainment - Wikipedia

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    Wyoming's certificate of ascertainment for the 2020 United States presidential election.Note that neither political parties nor their tickets are mentioned.. In the United States, a certificate of ascertainment is an official document that identifies a state's appointed electors for U.S. President and Vice President, and the final vote count for each candidate that received popular votes.

  5. Illinois electors cast votes after Durbin proposes ending ...

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    (The Center Square) – As Illinois’ presidential electors cast their Electoral College votes, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin advocates to abolish the system that picks the president of the United States.

  6. United States Electoral College - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution gives each state legislature the power to decide how its state's electors are chosen [209] and it can be easier and cheaper for a state legislature to simply appoint a slate of electors than to create a legislative framework for holding elections to determine the electors. As noted above, the two situations in which legislative ...

  7. Illinois electors to officially cast votes for Harris Tuesday ...

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    Giannoulias said the U.S. Constitution lays out that the president of the Uni ... Illinois electors will officially cast all 19 Electoral College votes for Vice President Kamala Harris Tuesday in ...

  8. Ballot access in the 2024 United States presidential election

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    Under Article 2, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, laws about election procedure are established and enforced by the states. [2] Additionally, there are often different requirements for primary and general elections, and requirements for primary elections may additionally differ by party.

  9. Elections in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Elections in Illinois are directly administered by 109 election authorities. Seven municipalities each have an election commission as the local election authority only within that municipality. Outside of those, the county clerk is the local election authority in 100 counties, and 2 counties have a separate election commission . [ 3 ]