On March 1, the Arizona Senate passed SB 1024 by a vote of 18-11. It removes presidential elector candidates from the November ballot. Currently, only six states still print their names on the ballot, and Arizona is the most populous of those six states. Because Arizona has ten presidential electors, and because Arizona had five presidential candidates on the ballot in 2008, that meant the ballot included 50 candidates for presidential elector.
No state still lets voters vote for individual candidates for presidential elector. The last such state was Vermont, which stopped after 1980.
Electoral College = 1 of the 3 ANTI-Democracy minority rule gerrymander systems in the U.S.A. regime.
Half the votes in half the gerrymander E.C. areas to elect a gerrymander party hack Prez — 270 of 538 E.C. votes.
Uniform definition of Elector in ALL of the U.S.A.
P.R. and nonpartisan A.V. — before it is too late.
If Arizona were to choose electors by Congressional District, the ballot would only have to list 3 names for each Presidential ticket – 1 district elector and 2 at-large electors.
Gene is correct. And, with Republican, Democrat, Constitution, Libertarian, Green, and perhaps an independent, there would be, at most, 6×3=18 eighteen names on each district’s ballot. It is THESE FOLKS who should be campaigning for votes, not the parties convention presidential nominees.
Other people could petition for ballot access as a presidential elector and run on their principles. NONE of the ballot qualified Presidential Electors should have their political affiliation listed, just their town/county of residence.
This would have the benefit of compelling voters to make INFORMED DECISIONS at the polls. The political parties would campaign to distribute lists (tickets) of their presidential electors, but the voters would not be required to follow it. Also need to abolish all state pledge laws for Electors.
The Electoral College was designed to be a body of deliberating persons who could think for themselves and weigh the philosophies and positions of presidential candidates to make the best decision for selecting our Chief Executive. IMAGINE: NO MORE DEMAGOGUES IN THE WHITE HOUSE !!!