Requires electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who received the highest number of votes in the state and who received the highest number of votes in each congressional district
Summary
Requires at-large electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who received the highest number of votes in the state; requires congressional electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates who received the highest number of votes in each congressional district; removes and replaces electors who fail to vote in such manner.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 16, 2021
Last action May 10, 2022
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Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Jan 5, 2022
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Steve Hawley
RRepublican
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