Technically, only the electors supporting presidential candidates are on the ballot, the brief said, and only they can file contests.
Under the statute, "votes cast for the actual candidates for president and vice president shall be counted as votes cast for the presidential electors supporting such candidates".
Republican electors generally supported it, reasoning that it provides a counterweight to political dominance by coastal states with huge (and largely Democratic) populations, like California and New York.
The sum total of the evidence of rigging on the Democratic side is the ongoing attempt to bypass the electoral college through the National Popular Vote initiative, which hopes to enlist 270 electoral votes worth of states to pledge to appoint their electors to support the winner of the popular vote in presidential elections.
But the Florida Legislature is expected to step in to appoint presidential electors who support Gov. George W. Bush.
But the Chinese government's Liaison Office, which represents Beijing's interests here, urged electors to support Mr. Leung in the final week before the vote, after staying neutral until then, pro-Beijing and pro-democracy politicians said.
Forming a committee called the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Electoral Certification, Fairness and Accuracy, the two Statehouse leaders signalled that they may call a special session to name electors who support Mr. Bush in the Electoral College.
Even as the Legislature seeks to intervene in the United States Supreme Court, which has agreed to hear Mr. Bush's challenge to manual recounts, the committee will begin laying the necessary groundwork for a bill or resolution that would name electors who support Mr. Bush.
In announcing the Legislature's plans today, Mr. Feeney effectively outlined a two-track strategy that looks first to the Supreme Court to preserve Mr. Bush's narrow vote margin in Florida, but also holds open the option of calling a special legislative session to name electors who support Mr. Bush.
Trump needs 270 electors to support him when they gather in state capitals around the country later this month.
