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Go Reds asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 1 decade ago

If a write-in candidate wins a state in a presidential election, who is his/her electors?

Let's say Bob Smith is not on the ballot, yet he wins the popular vote of Wyoming. Do the 3 electoral votes automatically go to him? I have often wondered this

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  • Jacara
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    They would but there is no law saying the electoral college has to give them to him.

  • justgetitright
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Go to him, yes unless there is something really fishy not automatically though

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