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WISCONSIN's STATE LAWS REGARDING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

  • Electoral College Votes Count: 10
  • Alocation Type: winner-takes-all
  • Electors Must Pledge: yes

Elector Pledge and Electoral College Votes Allocation​

Wisconsin 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.Wisconsin 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: W.I.

How Does Wisconsin Select Its Electors?​

  • Wisconsin has one elector for each of its eight Congressional districts and two statewide electors. Presidential electors are nominated by elected officials and legislative candidates of each political party with ballot status in Wisconsin and by independent candidates for president. Only those electors pledged to the winning Presidential candidate cast an Electoral College vote.

When Do The Electors Vote?​

  • The presidential electors shall meet in the Governor's Conference Room at the capital of this state, on the day now appointed, or which shall hereafter be appointed, by the Congress of the United States and vote for the president and for the vice president of the United States in the manner prescribed by the Constitution and the laws of the United States. The Electors will actually cast two ballots, one for the office of President and one for Vice President, and then sign six original Certificates of Votes Cast to validate the process.

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