How much power do State Legislatures have over electors?
Legislatures, until the 1820s, were actually relied upon to choose the state’s electors. Although today electors are traditionally chosen the state party leadership, state legislatures continue to retain the ability to discard the party’s electors and replace them with its own. Florida’s state legislature was fully prepared to do so in 2000, as it was controlled by Republicans and in favor of Bush winning the state’s electoral votes. However, in the places that state legislatures need control over their electors, namely in binding how they vote, only 29 possess that power.
