How to Use elector in a Sentence

elector

noun
  • Each state has an elector for every member of Congress.
    Elizabeth Thompson, Dallas News, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The first was spurred by an unfaithful elector, and the second began as a challenge from Democrats.
    Audrey McNamara, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Abdurrahman will get to vote again this year, the only elector participating in two elections in a row.
    Jessie Van Berkel, Star Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
  • One elector is also awarded to the winner of the popular vote in each congressional district.
    Anne Michaud, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Abdurrahman, the Minnesotan who wanted to vote for Sanders, was replaced as an elector.
    Jessica Gresko, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Robert Nemanich, a former elector from Colorado Springs, puts it another way.
    New York Times, 12 Dec. 2020
  • If an elector attempts to cast a ballot for someone other than the winner, they are immediately disqualified and an alternate will take their place.
    Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Georgia's governor must later certify the state's slate of presidential electors.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Simpson, 56, was slated to be an elector and took a test ahead of the event.
    Gray Rohrer, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Dec. 2020
  • The gems date back hundreds of years to the time of Augustus the Strong, the elector of Saxony and king of Poland.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
  • Threats, fraud claims, Trump camp slammed elector plan.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 21 June 2022
  • By now, the 85-year-old Francis has named more than half of the elector cardinals.
    Frances D'emilio, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2022
  • To cast the votes, each elector signs six certificates.
    Farnoush Amiri, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Spindell is one of the 10 Republicans who claimed to be an elector for the state.
    Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Julian Wheeler, a fellow elector, stood up to pat his back as the rest of the chamber clapped.
    Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Ellis already took a plea deal in Georgia's case against the state's fake Trump electors.
    Jeremy Duda, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
  • None of the electors responded to efforts by The Washington Post to reach them.
    Holly Bailey, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
  • The seven original counts against him stemmed from the plan to submit a slate of fake electors from Georgia.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Trump’s efforts to get allies to submit slates of fake electors?
    Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
  • But if the body denied the results, any elector would be able to request holding a new election.
    Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Jones, a former state senator, served as one of the bogus pro-Trump electors.
    Danny Hakim, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Voting by the Hall’s electors will take place between now and when the finalists are revealed in late April.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Feb. 2024
  • In some states, laws require electors to vote for the winning candidate.
    USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Trump was directly involved in the false elector scheme.
    Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Arizona law obliges electors to cast their Electoral College votes for the candidate who won the statewide vote.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2024
  • It was argued in the motion Hoffman and the other electors did not try to trick or deceive anyone.
    Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2024
  • All 50 states dictate that the assignment of electors hinges on the popular vote.
    Colby Itkowitz, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • Chesebro was the original mastermind behind the plan to use slates of fake electors to swing the election for Trump.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Names and places, the same stage, alternative electors.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • At the same time, the fake electors gathered in another part of the Capitol to fill out paperwork claiming Trump had won.
    Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2023

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