November 02, 2004

Indiana Law - Indiana's two sets of electoral college representatives await returns

This AP story, headlined "Hoosier Electoral College members stand ready," appears today in the Louisville Courier-Journal. A quote:

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Twenty-two Indiana voters will be watching today's presidential election with an interest most other people don't share — because, depending on who wins, they could get to vote for president again.

The 22 — 11 Democrats and 11 Republicans — are Indiana's representatives in the Electoral College. The half who belong to the party whose candidate wins will cast the state's 11 electoral votes once the secretary of state has certified the election results, likely in December.

Electors — one from each congressional district and one for each of the state's two U.S. senators — are usually chosen at each party's state convention.

Posted by Marcia Oddi at November 2, 2004 06:16 AM