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...Slade: I've been an elector on four separate occasions...
...Slade: It's pretty routine, although this year will certainly feel like a more serious process than it ever has before. Of course, that makes sense - when Florida's electors gather in December, they will elect the next president...
...final recount from the Sunshine State, and assuming some consensus is reached by December 18, the Democratic or Republican slate of electors will be certified to vote in the state capital. Their ranks include Diane Glasser, a National Democratic Committeewoman from the Fort Lauderdale area, and Tom Slade, the former chairman of the Florida State Republican Committee...
...while the rest of us may be flustered by the Florida fiasco, Glasser and Slade are confident and ready to cast their ballots next month. For the party faithful who've been chosen as electors there's no such thing as "maybe" - their bags are already packed for Tallahassee. Florida electors are not required to vote for any particular candidate, but listening to these two, you don't get the sense either party is at all tempted by the opposition...
Republican incumbents are also in trouble in Minnesota, Michigan, Montana and Delaware, although Slade Gorton appears to be hanging on in Washington State...