This bill modifies provisions governing the distribution of electoral votes.
This bill:
- in an election for president and vice president of the United States:
allocates one electoral vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates who receive the highest number of votes in a Congressional district;allocates two electoral votes for the presidential and vice presidential candidates who receive the highest number of statewide votes; andrequires a registered political party, or an unaffiliated candidate or a write-in candidate for president of the United States, to notify the lieutenant governor if a vacancy occurs in the office of a presidential elector;
- standardizes the deadlines to file a declaration of candidacy for the office of vice president of the United States and to choose presidential electors; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.Statutes affected:
Introduced: 20A-4-306, 20A-8-106, 20A-9-202, 20A-9-504, 20A-13-301, 20A-13-302, 20A-13-303