What is a “fake elector”?
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In the United States we don’t vote directly for the President. Instead, the Constitution requires each state to select a group of people (electors) who will then vote for the President. This is the Electoral College. In modern times, every state appoints these electors according to the popular vote in that state. Each party with a Presidential candidate on the ballot will name a slate of electors, and whichever party’s candidate wins the state then that slate of electors gets certified as the official delegation of the state, and is authorized to cast the state’s electoral votes.
A fake elector is someone who claims, or is claimed by another person, to be authorized to cast electoral votes on behalf of the state but has not been actually certified by the state to do so.
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