elector
noun
elec·tor
i-ˈlek-tər 
-ˌtȯr
plural electors
1
: a person qualified to vote in an election
2
: a person appointed by a state in the U.S. to vote for president and vice president in the electoral college
When Americans cast their ballots, they are actually voting for a slate of electors appointed by their state's political parties who are pledged to support that party's candidate.—
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: any of the German princes entitled to take part in choosing the Holy Roman Emperor
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Smith's team summarized how Trump pressured state and federal officials with false claims of election fraud in 2020, recruited Republican presidential electors to support him in key swing states that President Joe Biden won and then spurred a violent mob to march on the Capitol.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
The legislation also imposed new requirements on states to make certain that competing slates of electors were not presented to Congress, something that Mr. Trump and his allies tried to engineer in 2020.
—Carl Hulse, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
In 2021, a much more organized effort to overturn the election resulted in votes on certifying the Arizona and Pennsylvania electors — and the deadly riot targeting the U.S. Capitol.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
The state’s attorney general weighed in on the 2020 fake electors’ scheme and corruption, as fall out from the 2020 attempt to overturn the election continued.
—Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
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Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
The legislation also imposed new requirements on states to make certain that competing slates of electors were not presented to Congress, something that Mr. Trump and his allies tried to engineer in 2020.
—Carl Hulse, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
In 2021, a much more organized effort to overturn the election resulted in votes on certifying the Arizona and Pennsylvania electors — and the deadly riot targeting the U.S. Capitol.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
The state’s attorney general weighed in on the 2020 fake electors’ scheme and corruption, as fall out from the 2020 attempt to overturn the election continued.
—Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Elector.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elector. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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elector
noun
elec·tor
i-ˈlek-tər
-ˌtȯ(ə)r
1
: one qualified to vote in an election
2
: a person appointed by a state in the U.S. to vote for president and vice president in the electoral college
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