If a candidate dies, becomes incapacitated or is otherwise officially no longer the nominee (like if they officially withdraw before the deadline, the way people were yelling at Aaron Coleman to) the party committee votes to select someone to replace them
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It might be the state parties actually doing the choosing. Ideally they'd agree, but it's not guaranteed.
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I'm into the process of looking into the various state laws that cover it and while the UFPEA's pledge says "the nominees for those offices of the party that nominated me", e.g. Arizona's doesn't seem to, just "the candidate ...who... received the highest number of votes"
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You know, another weird loophole in the law just occurred to me You know how some states have ballots that include a major party candidate's name multiple times because they were also nominated by several minor parties? Do those votes go to the same electors?
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I think the way it works in practice is you check a box on the ballot and that box is agreed to stand for that party's slate of electors, even if the party is pledged to the same candidate
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