Electors and State

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State and electors are semantically related. In some cases you can use "State" instead a noun "Electors".

State noun - A body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government.

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Electors and state are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Electors" instead a noun "State".

They also were not happy about the idea of the "mob" directly electing the president, so they had the state legislatures of each state choose the electors.

Source: Useful Notes / American Political System
Technically, the Constitution has always given state legislatures the power to decide how their state's electors are chosen, and that has never changed.

Source: Useful Notes / American Political System
But of course, the states have all chosen to choose their electors by popular election—i.e., the electors are chosen as slates of individuals honor-bound (and in some states, legally-bound) to vote for the candidate of the people of that state's choosing.

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