The part I omitted in the 12th amendment is irrelevant because it affects what happens after Electors vote, not the initial appointment of electors.OMG! Electors are
appointed thusly...
§ 3. Number of electors
The number of electors shall be equal to the number of Senators and Representatives to which the several States are by law entitled at the time when the President and Vice President to be chosen come into office; except, that where no apportionment of Representatives has been made after any enumeration, at the time of choosing electors, the number of electors shall be according to the then existing apportionment of Senators and Representatives.(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 672.)
Article II Clause 2
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
US Code is inferior to the Constitution via the supremacy clause in Article Vi.
Well I just showed you how Article II Clause 2 explains how electors are appointed!
Sections 3-5 in your citation describe filling vacancies after Electors have been appointed.
WHAT?!
§ 3. Number of electors
§ 4. Vacancies in electoral college
§ 5. Determination of controversy as to appointment of electors
Section 2 makes my case:
No, it doesn't.
...for the purpose of choosing electors...
Choosing electors isn't the same thing as appointing electors.
The State of * is appointed 2 electors. The State of * chooses Mr. Brown and Mr. Jones as electors.
That's making MY point!
By law, the state legislatures may directly appoint Electors to prevent their state from being absent from the Electoral College should it arise that chaos prevents the normal process of elections from determining a result.
Now you're contradicting what you JUST said. Again, choosing electors isn't the same thing as appointing electors.