Technically the voters of New Mexico cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the
Electoral College. New Mexico is allocated 5 electors because it has 3
congressional districts and 2
senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 5 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the most votes in the state is awarded all 5 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 on December 18, 2000 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. The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for Gore and Lieberman: • Tom Atcitty • Rick Blea • Diane D. Denish • Jeep Gilliland • Mary Gail Gwaltney ==References==