AG Paxton Releases Statement on Court Decision Upholding Texas’ Electoral College System

AG Paxton Releases Statement on Court Decision Upholding Texas’ Electoral College System

Attorney General Ken Paxton

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today issued the following statement after a U.S. District Court in San Antonio sided with Texas and dismissed a lawsuit challenging the time-honored Electoral college system used in every presidential election since 1789: “The Constitution allows states to appoint electors ‘in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct.’ Texas chose the winner-take-all method that 47 other states also use, a method that has been in constant use since […]