Twisting the meaning of appoint and choose would get you funny looks.I'm not twisting the meaning of anything.
Are you being obtuse on purpose?
This is as simple of an explanation as I can find...
The Electoral College
There are currently 538 members of the Electoral College. Each state gets as many electors as its number of representatives in Congress. So, each state has at least three electors, because each state has two Senators and at least one member of the House of Representatives. Representation in the House is determined by the U.S. Census, conducted every 10 years. Snip...
There are 435 members of the House of Representatives, 100 Senators, and three representatives from the District of Columbia. So, there are 538 electors.
For example...What happens if Puerto Rico, or any of the other territories, becomes a State?
The number of apportioned electors increases because the formula is set!
It's not that hard to understand!
No twisting, no need to take the plain text of the Constiution out of context.