You actually vote for the electors. If Zombie Biden carried the state but he was back in his crypt. The substitute Rat would get them.
“You actually vote for the electors. If Zombie Biden carried the state but he was back in his crypt. The substitute Rat would get them.”
It actually depends upon the law of the state. Some states require that the electors vote for the person listed on the ballot. Others require that electors vote for the candidate that represents the party that won the vote. In the first case, a literal reading of the law would require that the votes would not count toward the replacement. In the second case, the votes would count toward anyone the party put forward as the candidate, including a replacement. Other states may have different requirements. The Constitution leaves it up to the state legislature to determine.