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Florida Constitution Revision Commission

PUB 700617: State Electoral College by Loyal Millett

ARTICLE VI: SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS, New Section.

Catchline: Electoral College.

 

(1) The presidential electors shall meet at the State Capitol at noon on the first Wednesday of the December after their election, or at noon of any other day designated by the Congress of the United States of America.

(2) After convening, the presidential electors shall perform their duties in conformity with the United States Constitution and laws.

(3) The 2 at-large presidential electors shall cast their respective electoral ballots for the presidential and vice-presidential candidate who received the highest number of votes in the State.

(4) Each congressional district presidential elector shall cast his/her electoral ballot for the presidential and vice-presidential candidate who received the highest number of votes in his/her congressional district.

(5) Any presidential elector who does not cast his/her electoral ballot in the manner so required under this subsection is considered to have resigned from the office of presidential elector, his or her vote may not be recorded, and the remaining presidential electors shall appoint another person to fill the vacancy.