HB441 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Thad McClammy

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Presidential elections, electoral college votes, congressional dstrict method instituted, Secs. 17-14-10, 17-14-30, 17-4-31, 17-14-32, 17-14-36 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, in elections for the President and Vice President of the United States, all of the electoral votes for the state are assigned to the presidential candidate who won the statewide popular vote.

This bill would provide that one presidential elector is chosen from each congressional district and two presidential electors are chosen at large.

This bill would require the at-large presidential electors to cast their ballots for the presidential candidate who received the largest number of votes in the state, and the congressional district presidential electors to cast their ballots for the presidential candidate who received the largest number of votes in each respective congressional district.

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Subjects

Elections