# Who are the electors anyway?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 1, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-electors-anyway/272383 "2004-11-01T19:37:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-electors-anyway/272383/1 "2004-11-01T19:37:08Z")

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I don’t want to know theories or the reasons behind the electoral college or information about bound and unbound and faithless electors.

I want names.

If I wanted to look up the names of the slate of electors from each party in my state, (or someone else’s state) where do I go? (And while I’m sure it’s different for every state, is there a starting point somewhere?)

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-electors-anyway/272383/2 "2004-11-01T20:36:05Z")

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As pointed out in other threads, the names of all electors for all the parties in each state has already been determined.

Here is the link for California for example:  
[http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections\_ec.htm](http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_ec.htm)

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**Author:** ![Blueapple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Blueapple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blueapple)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-electors-anyway/272383/3 "2004-11-01T20:53:05Z")

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[Behind the Scenes of the Electoral College](http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/officials.html)

[What are the qualifications to be an elector?](http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/faq.html#qualifications)

[Who selects the Electors?](http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/faq.html#selection)

[2000 Certificates of Vote](http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/2000/certificates_of_vote.html)

[2000 Certificates of Ascertainment](http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/2000/certificates_of_ascertainment.html)

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-electors-anyway/272383/4 "2004-11-01T21:00:54Z")

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[This is a list of the Rep and Dem electors in New Jersey](http://www.politicsnj.com/electoralcollege2004.htm)

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**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-electors-anyway/272383/5 "2004-11-01T21:51:54Z")

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Just a terminology thing, but in my state, voters are also called “electors.”