INDIANAPOLIS -- Vice President-elect Mike Pence certified the 11 Hoosier electors Friday who will cast votes in the Electoral College on December 19.
Pence is the first Indiana governor to certify electors who will vote for him as vice president of the United States in 104. The last governor to do so was Gov. Thomas R. Marshall in 1912 when he became President Woodrow Wilson's vice president.
Panels of 11 electors were selected earlier this year by each political party on the ballot. Because Indiana is a winner-take-all state for electoral votes in presidential elections, Donald Trump's victory means all 11 electors will be pulled from the Republican Party's panel.
This year's electors include Indiana Republican Party Chairman Jeff Cardwell, Carmel City Councilwoman Laura Campbell and Indiana State Treasurer Kelly Mitchell.
The full list of Indiana's 11 electors this year follows:
- Stephanie Beckley, of Jamestown
- Daniel Bortner, of Bedford
- Laura Campbell, of Carmel
- Jeff Cardwell, of Indianapolis,
- Donald L. Hayes, of Jasper
- Randall Kirkpatrick, of Lignonier
- Ethan E. Manning, of Macy
- Kelly Mitchell, of Indianapolis
- Edwin J. Simcox, of Fishers
- Kevin Steen, of Muncie
- Chuck Williams, of Valparaiso
Indiana has no laws on the book prohibiting so-called "faithless electors" – or electors who vote against the candidate for whom they've pledged their vote. In its 200-year history, Indiana has never had a faithless elector in a presidential election.
Electors across the country will meet in their respective states on December 19 to cast their votes for president. Each elector signs, seals and certifies six sets of votes. Copies go to the vice president, the secretary of state, the U.S. National Archives and to the presiding judge in the district where the electors met.
Congress will meet in a joint session on January 6 to count the electoral votes and officially declare the next president and vice president of the United States.
