The third placed candidate, Conservative George Jabbour, was therefore eliminated, and the second preference votes of those electors who voted for him were counted.
Clinton got about as many electoral votes on Monday as Martin Van Buren did in his two presidential runs — and would have passed his total were it not for those faithless electors.
If Trump is chosen in some states, those electors could vote for Pence, or Romney, or Kasich, or whoever".
Individual states set the rules for these electors; the current system, by most accounts, has worked well.
And the selection process for the electors was designed to ensure that Beijing's pick gets the top post.
On Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000, the citizens of the several states, including Florida, cast their votes for the electors for president and vice president of the United States.
Those documents, comparable to certificates of election that are issued to advise Congress of the election of its members, must be submitted by Dec. 18, the date set by federal law for the electors to meet.
Except you're voting not for the president, but for electors who will elect him, the members of the infamous electoral college.
"The individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States...
