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Election Day is Tuesday, November 6, 2012
State Laws and Requirements
List of Electors Bound by State Law and Pledges, as of November 2000
Source: Congressional Research Service
The Office of the Federal Register presents this material for informational purposes only, in response to numerous public inquiries. The list has no legal significance. It is based on information compiled by the Congressional Research Service.
For more comprehensive information, refer to the statutory provisions provided.
No Legal Requirement
Electors in these States are not bound by State Law to cast their vote for a specific candidate:
ARIZONA - 10 Electoral Votes
ARKANSAS - 6 Electoral Votes
DELAWARE - 3 Electoral Votes
GEORGIA - 15 Electoral Votes
IDAHO - 4 Electoral Votes
ILLINOIS - 21 Electoral Votes
INDIANA - 11 Electoral Votes
IOWA - 7 Electoral Votes
KANSAS - 6 Electoral Votes
KENTUCKY - 8 Electoral Votes
LOUISIANA - 9 Electoral Votes
MINNESOTA - 10 Electoral Votes
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MISSOURI - 11 Electoral Votes
NEW HAMPSHIRE - 4 Electoral Votes
NEW JERSEY - 15 Electoral Votes
NEW YORK - 31 Electoral Votes
NORTH DAKOTA - 3 Electoral Votes
PENNSYLVANIA - 21 Electoral Votes
RHODE ISLAND - 4 Electoral Votes
SOUTH DAKOTA - 3 Electoral Votes
TENNESSEE - 11 Electoral Votes
TEXAS - 34 Electoral Votes
UTAH - 5 Electoral Votes
WEST VIRGINIA - 5 Electoral Votes
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Legal Requirements or Pledges
Electors in these States are bound by State Law or by pledges to cast their vote for a specific candidate:
- ALABAMA - 9 Electoral Votes
- Party Pledge / State Law - § 17-19-2
- ALASKA - 3 Electoral Votes
- Party Pledge / State Law - § 15.30.040; 15.30.070
- CALIFORNIA - 55 Electoral Votes
- State Law - § 6906
- COLORADO - 9 Electoral Votes
- State Law - § 1-4-304
- CONNECTICUT - 7 Electoral Votes
- State Law § 9-175
- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - 3 Electoral Votes
- DC Pledge / DC Law - § 1-1312(g)
- FLORIDA - 27 Electoral Votes
- Party Pledge / State Law - § 103.021(1)
- HAWAII - 4 Electoral Votes
- State Law - §§ 14-26 to 14-28
- MAINE - 4 Electoral Votes
- State Law - § 805
- MARYLAND - 10 Electoral Votes
- State Law - § 20-4
- MASSACHUSETTS - 12 Electoral Votes
- Party Pledge / State Law - Ch. 53, § 8, Supp.
- MICHIGAN - 17 Electoral Votes
- State Law - §168.47 (Violation cancels vote and elector is replaced).
- MISSISSIPPI - 6 Electoral Votes
- Party Pledge / State Law - §23-15-785(3)
- MONTANA - 3 Electoral Votes
- State Law - §13-25-104
- NEBRASKA - 5 Electoral Votes
- State Law - § 32-714
- NEVADA - 5 Electoral Votes
- State Law - § 298.050
- NEW MEXICO - 5 Electoral Votes
- State Law - § 1-15-5 to 1-15-9 (Violation is a fourth degree felony.)
- NORTH CAROLINA - 15 Electoral Votes
- State Law - § 163-212 (Violation cancels vote; elector is replaced and is subject to $500 fine.)
- OHIO - 20 Electoral Votes
- State Law - § 3505.40
- OKLAHOMA - 7 Electoral Votes
- State Pledge / State Law - 26, §§ 10-102; 10-109 (Violation of oath is a misdemeanor, carrying a fine of up to $1000.)
- OREGON - 7 Electoral Votes
- State Pledge / State Law - § 248.355
- SOUTH CAROLINA - 8 Electoral Votes
- State Pledge / State Law - § 7-19-80 (Replacement and criminal sanctions for violation.)
- VERMONT - 3 Electoral Votes
- State Law - title 17, § 2732
- * VIRGINIA - 13 Electoral Votes
- State Law - § 24.1-162 (Virginia statute may be advisory - "Shall be expected" to vote for nominees.)
- WASHINGTON - 11 Electoral Votes
- Party Pledge / State Law - §§ 29.71.020, 29.71.040, Supp. ($1000 fine.)
- WISCONSIN - 10 Electoral Votes
- State Law - § 7.75
- WYOMING - 3 Electoral Votes
- State Law - §§ 22-19-106; 22-19-108
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