Technically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the
Electoral College. Utah is allocated five electors because it has three
congressional districts and two
senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of five electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins a plurality of votes in the state is awarded all five electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a
faithless elector. The electors of each state and the
District of Columbia met in December 1992 to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead, the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols. All electors from Utah were pledged to and voted for George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle. ==See also==