In the course of writing a book on presidentialelectors, Alexander interviewed more than half of the electors who participated in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 elections.
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If any change is made, it should be that a state's presidential winner gets the electoral votes, period that way, no maverick electors could vote for another candidate, as occasionally happens.
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That's when the electors -- Democratic and Republican loyalists nominated by state party officials and placed on the ballot alongside the presidential candidates -- meet in their respective state capitals and the District of Columbia to formally cast their electoral votes.
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