The Choosing Of The Presidential Electors

The Choosing Of The Presidential Electors:

According to U.S. Constitution, the state legislatures have the authority to pass laws that govern how Presidential electors are to be chosen. However there is no way the federal government would allow the state legislatures to pass laws that would give it the authority to directly choose Presidential electors. Since the aftermath of the US Civil War, sovereignty was given to the federal government. The federal government has, since then and even now, will always allow the choosing of the electors by the electorate only.

At the same time, the federal government does not either explicitly or even implicitly mandate direct popular voting for Presidential electors by the electorate. They can and should allow indirect popular vote for the choosing of electors.

A candidate for Presidential elector should be required to have a permanent home address in a federal congressional district in which they are contesting. That candidate, as should be the case for all candidates for office, should not be a participant in any branch of government. They also should have to meet all Constitutional requirements (state and federal).

That Presidential elector candidate should not have direct connection with any Presidential or even Vice-Presidential candidate either through direct family relations or financially or in an official political context. The Presidential elector candidate who receives the highest number of popular and publicly casted votes in a locality's ward/district wins that ward/district. The Presidential elector candidate who wins the highest number of wards/district in that federal congressional district becomes the Presidential elector for that federal congressional district.

If there is a tie, then the tying candidates for Presidential electors who each won the highest number of wards/districts are then subject to voting totals at the precinct level. The candidate for Presidential elector who won the highest number of precincts in that federal congressional district becomes the Presidential elector for that federal congressional district. If a tie in the number of precincts won by two or more candidates, the candidate who receives the most popular votes by the electorate in the entire federal congressional district becomes the elector for President for that federal congressional district.

Each State should be mandated to have Presidential electors for each federal congressional district and in addition two extra At-Large Presidential electors. The two extra At-Large Presidential electors have to be chosen by the electorate in the entire state. The eligible At-Large candidates for Presidential electors are required to submit their bid for candidacy with the regulatory board governing elections. The candidates for these two positions who receive the highest and 2nd highest number of popular votes in the entire state becomes the two At-Large Presidential electors.

Cliff Notes Version: No way the federal government would allow the state legislatures the authority to directly choose Presidential electors. They will only allow electors to be chosen by the electorate only.

A candidate for Presidential elector has to have a home address in their federal congressional district. The candidate who has highest number of popular votes in a ward/district wins that ward/district. The candidate who wins highest number of ward/districts becomes the elector for that federal congressional district.

If there is a tie, direct popular vote results at the precinct level apply. If that process still yields a tie, finally the direct popular vote results in that federal congressional district applies. The two extra At-Large Vice-Presidential electors have to be chosen by the electorate in the entire state.