Article II delegates to the state legislatures the determination of the "manner" by which the State shall appoint presidential electors.
As ratified, the Constitution provided that "each State shall appoint [electors] in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct".
The Constitution provides that "each State shall appoint [electors] in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct".
What it does say is "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors".
The Constitution reads in pertinent part: "Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors".
Article II provides that "each state shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors".
Article II, Section 1, Clause 2, provides that "each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct," electors for president and vice president.
The governor shall appoint a special prosecutor in the possible criminal wrongdoing by police officer in jurisdiction with the same boundary as the district attorney.
The final version of Article II, which defined the powers of the judiciary, stated that the President "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint" members of the federal judiciary.
That's why, unequivocally, the Constitution says that the President **"**shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint... Judges of the supreme court," with no exception about timing.
