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NORTH DAKOTA's STATE LAWS REGARDING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

  • Electoral College Votes Count: 3
  • Alocation Type: winner-takes-all
  • Electors Must Pledge: no

Elector Pledge and Electoral College Votes Allocation​

North Dakota is one of the 48 states that have a winner-takes-all rule for the Electoral College. In these States, whichever candidate receives a majority of the popular vote, or a plurality of the popular vote (less than 50 percent but more than any other candidate), takes all of the state’s Electoral votes.North Dakota is one of the states that do not require their electors to vote as pledged.

Election Code: N.D. Cent. Code §§ 16.1-03-14, 16.1-14-04, 16.1-14-05, 16.1-12-02.2

How Does North Dakota Select Its Electors?​

  • The party state committee shall set the place and time of the state party convention to be held in each general election year. Subject to party rules and bylaws, the state party convention may nominate the legal number of qualified electors for its party for the offices of presidential electors.

When Do The Electors Vote?​

  • Presidential electors shall meet at one p.m. in the office of the governor in the state capitol on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their appointments by election for the purpose of casting their ballots as members of the electoral college. The secretary of state shall notify the electors of the date of the meeting. If a vacancy exists in the office of an elector for any reason, the electors present at the meeting shall first proceed to fill such vacancy by ballot by a plurality of the votes. When all the electors appear, or the vacancies have been filled as provided in this section, they shall proceed to perform the duties required of them by the constitution and laws of the United States.

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