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Electors (2008)
There is an ongoing effort coordinated by the Democratic Disaster website, to collect the names and addresses, and hopefully the phone numbers and electors of all the electors for the 2008 Presidential Election.
These are the members of the Electoral College for 2008, organized into 4 groups. Some checkmarks and x marks appear next to the highlighted links to individual state articles. These are described in the legend section.
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means that the elector information is more complete for this state.
means that Roger Calero appeared on the ballot in that state
means that Roger Calero was replaced on the ballot by James E. Harris, or that Calero was a write-in candidate and did not appear on the ballot (in the case of Connecticut).
High Priority statesEdit
The highest priority states are those that voted Democratically and have unbound electors.
1. (D) DELAWARE - 3 Electoral Votes
2. (D) ILLINOIS - 21 Electoral Votes
3. (D) INDIANA - 11 Electoral Votes
4. (D) IOWA - 7 Electoral Votes
5. (D) MINNESOTA - 10 Electoral Votes
6. (R?) MISSOURI - 11 Electoral Votes
7. (D) NEW HAMPSHIRE - 4 Electoral Votes
8. (D) NEW JERSEY - 15 Electoral Votes
9. (D) NEW YORK - 31 Electoral Votes
10. (D) PENNSYLVANIA - 21 Electoral Votes
11. (D) RHODE ISLAND - 4 Electoral Votes
Medium Priority StatesEdit
Medium Priority States are states that voted democratically but have bound electors.
1. (D) CALIFORNIA - 55 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 6906
2. (D) COLORADO - 9 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 1-4-304
3. (D) CONNECTICUT - 7 Electoral Votes
State Law § 9-175
4. (D) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - 3 Electoral Votes
DC Pledge / DC Law - § 1-1312(g)
District of Columbia Electors (2008)
5. (D) FLORIDA - 27 Electoral Votes
Party Pledge / State Law - § 103.021(1)
6. (D) HAWAII - 4 Electoral Votes
State Law - §§ 14-26 to 14-28
7. (D) MAINE - 4 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 805
8. (D) MARYLAND - 10 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 20-4
9. (D) MASSACHUSETTS - 12 Electoral Votes
Party Pledge / State Law - Ch. 53, § 8, Supp.
10. (D) MICHIGAN - 17 Electoral Votes
State Law - §168.47 (Violation cancels vote and elector is replaced).
11. (D) NEVADA - 5 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 298.050
12. (D) NEW MEXICO - 5 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 1-15-5 to 1-15-9 (Violation is a fourth degree felony.)
13. (D) NORTH CAROLINA - 15 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 163-212 (Violation cancels vote; elector is replaced and is subject to $500 fine.)
North Carolina Electors (2008)
14. (D) OHIO - 20 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 3505.40
15. (D) OREGON - 7 Electoral Votes
State Pledge / State Law - § 248.355
16.(D) VERMONT - 3 Electoral Votes
State Law - title 17, § 2732
17. (D) VIRGINIA - 13 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 24.1-162 (Virginia statute may be advisory - "Shall be expected" to vote for nominees.)
18. (D) WASHINGTON - 11 Electoral Votes
Party Pledge / State Law - §§ 29.71.020, 29.71.040, Supp. ($1000 fine.)
19. (D) WISCONSIN - 10 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 7.75
Low Priority StatesEdit
Low priority states are those that voted Republican and have unbound electors.
1. (R) ARIZONA - 10 Electoral Votes
2. (R) ARKANSAS - 6 Electoral Votes
3. (R) GEORGIA - 15 Electoral Votes
4. (R) IDAHO - 4 Electoral Votes
5. (R) KANSAS - 6 Electoral Votes
6. (R) KENTUCKY - 8 Electoral Votes
7. (R) LOUISIANA - 9 Electoral Votes 
8. (R) NORTH DAKOTA - 3 Electoral Votes
9. (R) SOUTH DAKOTA - 3 Electoral Votes
10. (R) TENNESSEE - 11 Electoral Votes
11. (R) TEXAS - 34 Electoral Votes
12. (R) UTAH - 5 Electoral Votes
13. (R) WEST VIRGINIA - 5 Electoral Votes
Lowest Priority StatesEdit
Lowest priority states are those that voted Republican and have bound electors.
1. (R) ALABAMA - 9 Electoral Votes
Party Pledge / State Law - § 17-19-2
2. (R) ALASKA - 3 Electoral Votes
Party Pledge / State Law - § 15.30.040; 15.30.070
3. (R) MISSISSIPPI - 6 Electoral Votes
Party Pledge / State Law - §23-15-785(3)
4. (R) MONTANA - 3 Electoral Votes
State Law - §13-25-104
5. (R) NEBRASKA - 5 Electoral Votes
State Law - § 32-714
6. (R) 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.)
7. (R) SOUTH CAROLINA - 8 Electoral Votes
State Pledge / State Law - § 7-19-80 (Replacement and criminal sanctions for violation.)
South Carolina Electors (2008)
8. (R) WYOMING - 3 Electoral Votes
State Law - §§ 22-19-106; 22-19-108
LegendEdit
- means that the elector information is more complete for this state.
- means that Roger Calero appeared on the ballot in that state
- means that Roger Calero was replaced on the ballot by James E. Harris, or that Calero was a write-in candidate and did not appear on the ballot (in the case of Connecticut).
NotesEdit
- ↑ Maine apportions its electors by proportional vote, and therefore is not a "winner take all" state.
- ↑ Nebraska apportions its electors by proportional vote, and therefore is not a "winner take all" state.
See alsoEdit
LinksEdit
- Democratic Disaster, a web-based project to develop lists of 2008 electors and contact information
- We The People, another group devoted to developing contact lists of the 2008 electors
- America Must Know, a group charting the progress of Democratic Disaster
- US Presidential electors 2008
- President Elect: the unofficial homepage of the electoral college, James R. Whitson, November 4, 2008
- Obama Not Qualified List of elector contact information
- President Elect list of electors
