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TENNESSEE's STATE LAWS REGARDING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

  • Electoral College Votes Count: 11
  • Alocation Type: winner-takes-all
  • Electors Must Pledge: yes

Elector Pledge and Electoral College Votes Allocation​

Tennessee 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.Tennessee is one of the states have passed laws that require their electors to vote as pledged. These laws may either impose a fine on an elector who fails to vote according to the statewide or district popular vote, or may disqualify an elector who violates his or her pledge and provide a replacement elector.

Election Code: T.N. 2-15-101

How Does Tennessee Select Its Electors?​

  • At the regular November election immediately preceding the time fixed by the law of the United States for the choice of president and vice president, as many electors of president and vice president as this state may be entitled to shall be elected. Each registered voter in this state may vote for the whole number of electors. The persons, up to the number required to be chosen, having the highest number of votes shall be declared to be duly chosen electors.

When Do The Electors Vote?​

  • Tennessee’s presidential electors meet at the State Capitol in the morning of the day fixed by the act of Congress to cast their ballots for president of the United States. The State has 11 of the total 538 electoral votes that make up the U.S. Electoral College.

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