what is the point of having this instead of just putting them on the ballot
Oh, okay Yeah you'd be expected to have your own system in place to appoint electors on a state-by-state level, if you were an independent I guess it's one of the many big barriers to running as an independent
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I finally looked it up - in New York, at least, you have to name all the elector-candidates and attach their pledges to your certificate of candidacy - https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/download/law/certificateofcandidacy.pdf … I guess that's another answer to why not just have free-for-all write-ins.
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Yeah I vaguely remember in the Ross Perot years, when his "party" was just him, he was paying for advertisements to get people to sign up to be his electors in all 50 states
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