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Elector

A voter who has fulfilled the qualifications imposed by law; a constituent; a selector of a public officer; a person who has the right to cast a ballot for the approval or rejection of a political proposal or question, such as the issuance of bonds by a state or municipality to finance public works projects.

A member of the electoral college—an association of voters elected by the populace of each state and the District of Columbia—which convenes every four years to select the president and vice president of the United States.

ELECTOR, government. One who has the right to make choice of public officers one, who has a right to vote.
2. The qualifications of electors are generally the same as those required in the person to be elected; to this, however, there is one exception; a naturalized citizen may be an elector of president of the United States, although he could not constitutionally be elected to that office.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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About 4.119 million registered electors are contained in the provisional register for geographical constituencies, a net increase of about 305,000 electors compared to last year.

Elector register released

The Commission has directed all electors in all constituencies who have been issued EPIC have to produce it as identification at the polling booths before casting their votes.

EC: Photo voter slips will no longer be used as identification document for election purposes

In the House Elections Committee, HB 543 received a committee substitute that did away with the fine, instead making any elector ineligible to serve if he or she submits a ballot for someone other than the candidate who received the most votes in the general election in Texas.

Why bills to bind Texas' Electoral College never reached Gov. Abbott

David Bright, a Maine Democratic elector, announced early on Monday that he would vote for Sanders instead of Clinton so as to help the embattled Democratic Party woo back young voters.

Roundup: Trump officially secures title of US President-elect amid protest, turmoil

Hawaii elector David Mulinix(http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-in-hawaii-bernie-sanders-electoral-1482196946-htmlstory.html) said he backed the Vermont senator because he was the "most qualified" candidate.  In Maine, Democratic elector David Bright said he wanted to vote for Sanders in a display of solidarity for the many young voters who backed the Vermont senator in the state's presidential caucuses.

Bernie Sanders Democrats Refuse To Pick Hillary Clinton

The Electoral College makes the presidential election a series of winner-take-all contests, with all of each state's electors awarded to the winner of that state's popular vote.

The 'swing state' problem

This college doesn't have fraternities, a football team, or even any classes: It's just 538 people called electors from all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

Electoral college 101

"At this point it was too late to send the postal ballot pack and get it back by the deadline, we offered the elector a proxy vote and apologised for the error but received no further communication."

No expat votes lost insist Kirklees

(Schleiter and Voznaya, 2014) Each supplementary local media station considerably raises elector sanction of the party of mayors disclosed to be either corrupt or uncaring of the penniless.

Why do electors support corrupt politicians?

THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT (WALES) REGULATIONS 2005 AS AMENDED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Audit of Accounts of The Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council for the year ended 31st March 2014, has been concluded and that the Abstract of Audited Accounts is available for inspection by any local government elector for the area of the County Borough in the Resources Directorate of the Civic Offices, Holton Road, Barry, between the hours of 9am - 12.30 pm and 2pm - 4pm on Mondays to Fridays inclusive and any such local government elector may make copies from the Abstract or an extract therefrom.

THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN COUNTY [...]; Legal Notices

An application for a postal ballot shall specify the name of the elector, his parentage, address, serial number in the electoral roll, the electoral area to which he belongs and the number and name of the said constituency in which he is eligible to vote.

ECP asks eligible voters to submit postal ballot applications by Thursday

The Governor of each state is required by federal law "as soon as practicable" after the "final ascertainment" of the appointment of the electors, or "as soon as practicable" after the "final determination of any controversy or contest" concerning such election under its statutory procedure for election contests, to send to the Archivist of the United States by registered mail and under state seal, "a certificate of such ascertainment of the electors appointed," including the names and numbers of votes for each person for whose appointment as elector any votes were given (3 U.S.C.

Counting electoral votes: an overview of procedures at the joint session, including objections by Members of Congress