Electors
Technically the voters of Georgia cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Georgia is allocated 15 electors because it has 13 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 15 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 15 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for President and Vice President. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.
The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 13, 2004 to cast their votes for President and Vice President. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.
The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
- Anna R. Cablik
- Fred Cooper
- Nancy N. Coverdell
- James C. Edenfield
- Karen Handel
- Donald F. Layfield
- Carolyn Dodgen Meadows
- Sunny K. Park
- Alec Poitevint
- Joan Ransom
- Nardender G. Reddy
- Jame Raynolds
- Norma Mountain Rogers
- Eric Tanenblatt
- Virgil Williams
Read more about this topic: United States Presidential Election In Georgia, 2004