In the end, 538 people from across the United States actually get to pick the next president. It's a formality this year, of course, but still interesting.
So who gets to vote there?
I'm not sure.
In 2004, according to this document in the National Archives, these folks were the electors from Connecticut, who voted for John Kerry to no avail:
Andres Ayala, Jr.
Andrea J. Jackson-Brooks
Donna King
Joshua King
Elizabeth O'Neil
David J. Papandrea
Larry Pleasant
Donna King
Joshua King
Elizabeth O'Neil
David J. Papandrea
Larry Pleasant
I haven't Googled them yet, but I recognize only a couple of the names. Perhaps the others were Connecticut Lottery winners?
In any case, spurred by Al Tompkins' morning email from the Poynter Institute, I'll track down the mechanism for choosing these folks in Connecticut and who gets to vote this year. Feel free to let me know if you're tuned in enough to know the answers already.
I am going to go out on a limb and say that I doubt I'm on the list. And if I am, is there any compensation?
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