Electors Clause

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Electors_Clause
GPTKB entity
Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy 1787
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Presidential_Electors_Clause
gptkbp:appliesTo all U.S. states
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Bush_v._Gore
gptkb:Chiafalo_v._Washington
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:enables state legislatures to determine method of elector appointment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Electors Clause
gptkbp:interpretedBy gptkb:U.S._Supreme_Court
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Article_II,_Section_1,_Clause_2_of_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:prohibits members of Congress from being electors
gptkbp:purpose to establish the method for appointing presidential electors
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:politics
gptkb:Electoral_College
gptkbp:text Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:State_of_Texas_v._Commonwealth_of_Pennsylvania,_State_of_Georgia,_State_of_Michigan,_and_State_of_Wisconsin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6