electors

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Electors are part of the 538-member Electoral College that officially elects presidents, based on the state-by-state results of the general election.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

Electors gather in their respective state capitols in December to certify their statewide popular vote winner.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2024

Cardinal Electors under 80 will be able to enter a conclave to elect the next pope after Francis dies or retires:

From Reuters • May 29, 2022

"Article II of the United States Constitution gives you an awesome responsibility: to choose our state's Electors," read the Nov. 9 email.

From Salon • May 20, 2022

The Electors and Ambassadors went out of Town and met his Imperial Majesty, as did also the Magistrates with the Burgo-Master, and complimented him under a Tent erected there for that purpose.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von