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Every state gets to determine for itself how electors are selected.
Here's how Texas does it:
To become a presidential elector candidate, a person must be nominated as a political party's elector candidate in accordance with party
rules. The party's state chair must sign a written certification of the names of presidential elector candidates nominated by the party and
the party's state chair must deliver the written certification to the secretary of state.
To be eligible to serve as a presidential elector, a person must: be a qualified voter of this state; and not hold the office of United States
senator, United States representative, or any other federal office of profit or trust. To be eligible to serve as a presidential elector for a
political party, a person must be affiliated with the party.
An elector candidate may withdraw from the presidential election before presidential election day, by delivering written notice of the
withdrawal to: the secretary of state; and the state chair of the party that nominated the elector candidate.
If an elector candidate withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible before presidential election day, a replacement elector candidate may be
named by the party that nominated the elector candidate.
If a political party's rules do not provide the manner of choosing a replacement elector candidate, the party's state executive committee
may choose the replacement candidate. The state chair of a political party naming a replacement elector candidate must file with the
secretary of state, before presidential election day, the name and residence address of the replacement candidate.
The electors shall convene at the State Capitol at 2 p.m. on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December following their
election and shall perform their duties as prescribed by federal law.
The secretary of state shall arrange for the meeting place, notify the electors, and call the meeting to order. The secretary shall act as
temporary chair of the meeting until the electors elect a chair from among themselves.
If an elector is absent at the time for convening the meeting, the electors may declare the elector position vacant by a majority vote of
those present at the meeting.
The electors meeting to vote for president and vice-president may appoint a replacement elector by a majority vote of the qualified
electors present if: (1) the vacancy occurred before presidential election day and a replacement was not chosen; (2) on or after
presidential election day, an elector is declared ineligible or dies; or (3) the vacancy is declared.
The chair of the electors shall notify the secretary of state of the name and residence address of a replacement elector immediately on the
replacement's appointment.
(Tex. Elections Code Ann. §§ 192.002, 192.003, 192.004, 192.006, 192.007)
