Oregon officially casts electoral votes for Biden and Harris
Little suspense at the Capitol as seven electors confirm state victory for the Democratic ticket.
Oregon took its part Monday, Dec. 14, in the every-four-year ritual of casting the state s electoral votes for president and vice president.
Like most states, there were no surprises as the seven people chosen as electors all state Democratic Party officials voted for Democrat Joe Biden as president and Democrat Kamala Harris as vice president. The 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires separate votes for the offices.
They did so at a meeting that lasted less than 30 minutes in the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Salem.
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Dear future presidential voters:
The election for president of the United States is Dec. 14. You can’t vote. Electors in the Electoral College choose our president, not us. The Electoral College is neither electoral nor collegiate. Five times, the winner of the popular vote has failed to be elected president. Elected, you say, by whom? Well, of course, the Electoral College. Ever meet a presidential elector? They are less known than your average watershed conservation district commissioner, who at least is actually elected. Not so the people who actually do vote for president. Electoral College electors are selected by candidate campaigns and nominated by political parties. But at least, you say, they vote as their states voted. Well, actually not. No federal law, nor the law in 17 states, requires electors to vote for the winner (or loser) in their state. In 2016, for example, four electors from the state of Washington voted against their state’s winner; one voted for Faith Spo