elector

as in voter

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Recent Examples of elector Tuesday's vote was purely ceremonial: State law requires electors to choose the candidates who won the popular vote, meaning the outcome was never in doubt. Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024 Applicants must be at least 18 years old, a U.S. citizen and a qualified and registered elector of District 1, according to a news release Monday from the county commissioners' office. Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 16 Dec. 2024 After the 2020 election, Chesebro drafted multiple memos detailing strategies for how slates of pro-Trump individuals could falsely claim to be their states’ valid electors. Ella Lee, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024 Here's how things are set to work this time around: The Electoral College electors were chosen by each state on Election Day 2024, and the governor of each state later sent a list of electors to the federal archivist. Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for elector 

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“Elector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elector. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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