# Are there any repercussions for an electoral voter ignoring the popular vote?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-repercussions-for-an-electoral-voter-ignoring-the-popular-vote/272313>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 1, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-repercussions-for-an-electoral-voter-ignoring-the-popular-vote/272313 "2004-11-01T13:48:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-repercussions-for-an-electoral-voter-ignoring-the-popular-vote/272313/21 "2004-11-01T18:52:01Z")

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[QUOTE]When I go to the poll, I don’t see the names of the electors I am actually voting for  
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I just voted by mail (absentee ballot) last week. At the top of the form was a statement saying something like “your vote will be interpreted as a vote for the electors chosen by said candidate”. So the electors names were not specifically mentioned, but their function is.

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**Author:** ![crozell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@crozell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crozell)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-repercussions-for-an-electoral-voter-ignoring-the-popular-vote/272313/22 "2004-11-01T18:52:17Z")

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> [@Walloon](#):
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> In other states, the aim is to make the nomination of electors the result of a statewide party convention, and not an act of patronage by just the governor or the party leadership.

Good point. I hadn’t thought of that. Thanks **Walloon**!

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