Sentence examples for select electors from inspiring English sources

A committee heard testimony from lawyers that the Legislature had the authority to select electors if the state's Electoral College votes are in jeopardy.

The legislature has the power to select electors.

At the Florida Statehouse, the Republican-controlled Legislature said that it could select electors with a resolution that would not require any action by Gov. Jeb Bush.

A1 Leaders of Florida's Republican-controlled Legislature said they could select electors with a resolution that would not require action by Gov. Jeb Bush, Mr. Bush's brother.

Rather, Section 5 provides a safe harbor for states to select electors in contested elections "by judicial or other methods" established by laws prior to the Election Day.

As the majority explicitly holds, once a state legislature determines to select electors through a popular vote, the right to have one's vote counted is of constitutional stature.

The Constitution does not limit state legislatures' power to choose the method of selecting electors.

"One elects a resolution because under the Constitution, the responsibility for selecting electors falls squarely to the Legislature," Mr. McKay said.

Some saw the court's conclusion that Florida could not satisfy equal protection concerns and meet its own deadline for selecting electors as a purely political decision.

Professor Kmiec said the court might feel it was important to interpret the constitutional provision that declares that state legislatures are to set the rules for selecting electors.

But because the power of legislatures to choose the method of selecting electors is plenary, there is no question that the Constitution would permit faithless lawmakers to exit the NPVIC.