The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the
Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
"Down with them!" put in little Jehan, as counterpoint; "down with Master Andry, the beadles and the scribes; the theologians, the doctors and the decretists; the procurators, the
electors and the rector!"
There were electors on horseback and electors afoot.
The friends of Horatio Fizkin, Esquire, having had their innings, a little choleric, pink-faced man stood forward to propose another fit and proper person to represent the electors of Eatanswill in Parliament; and very swimmingly the pink-faced gentleman would have got on, if he had not been rather too choleric to entertain a sufficient perception of the fun of the crowd.
Then Horatio Fizkin, Esquire, of Fizkin Lodge, near Eatanswill, presented himself for the purpose of addressing the electors; which he no sooner did, than the band employed by the Honourable Samuel Slumkey, commenced performing with a power to which their strength in the morning was a trifle; in return for which, the Buff crowd belaboured the heads and shoulders of the Blue crowd; on which the Blue crowd endeavoured to dispossess themselves of their very unpleasant neighbours the Buff crowd; and a scene of struggling, and pushing, and fighting, succeeded, to which we can no more do justice than the mayor could, although he issued imperative orders to twelve constables to seize the ringleaders, who might amount in number to two hundred and fifty, or thereabouts.
The speeches of the two candidates, though differing in every other respect, afforded a beautiful tribute to the merit and high worth of the electors of Eatanswill.
Excisable articles were remarkably cheap at all the public-houses; and spring vans paraded the streets for the accommodation of voters who were seized with any temporary dizziness in the head--an epidemic which prevailed among the electors, during the contest, to a most alarming extent, and under the influence of which they might frequently be seen lying on the pavements in a state of utter insensibility.
M2 PRESSWIRE-August 1, 2019-:
Elector register released
As per the order issued by the ECI, "Section 61 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 provides that with a view to preventing impersonation of
electors, so as to make the right of genuine
elector to under section 62 of that Act more effective, provisions may be made by rules under that Act for use of
Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) for
electors as the means of establishing their identity at the time of polling."
In Minnesota, Hawaii and Colorado, each state had an
elector voting for Senator Bernie Sanders, Clinton's strongest rival during the Democratic primaries.
If each district had its own
elector, a presidential candidate could win the statewide popular vote but receive a minority of
electors.
The Framers envisioned it as an elite group of men (there wasn't a female
elector until 1912) who could be trusted to choose the nation's leaders.
A Kirklees Council spokesperson, said: "We contacted the
elector on March 9 to say we had not received the postal vote application but we did not hear back from the
elector until June 19.
