The legislature needs the governor in order to pass state laws, even election laws (see Smiley v Holm), but it absolutely has the Article II power to just select electors *without the governor*. What is controversial, in historical practice, about that?https://twitter.com/ckieser13/status/1423319194939101186 …
Yes, McPherson v Blacker goes into detail on this point.
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But wasn't McPherson a challenge to a state law which appointed one elector by popular vote from each Congressional district...not a mere declaration from the legislature, but a state law.
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In your view, could the Pennsylvania legislature adopt Maine's rule without passing legislation signed by Governor Wolf?
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