I imagine they did list the candidates names.
I guess I shouldn’t have called the popular vote ‘non-existent’. That’s not accurate.
Harrison’s “popular vote” listed is I assume for his elector that got the most votes.
And the fusion vote listed for the fusion elector that got the most votes, and it was Weaver elector. So the “popular vote” records no votes for Cleveland.
AFAIK in all case where the electors were chosen separately statewide that’s how the ‘popular vote’ is calculated. They use the elector that got the most votes.
If that confusing in 1960 in Alabama the electors were separately elected and 5 of the all-victorious rat electors were pledged to Kennedy. 6 were unpledged and voted for Dixiecrat Harry Byrd.
Kennedy is regarded as getting 318,303 votes (his best elector) and 56.39% to Nixon’s 237,981 42.16% (ditto). While the unpledged vote in (best elector got 324,050 votes) is left unaccounted for in the ‘popular vote’.
I don’t think that Cleveland was listed at all in the ND ballot—my understanding is that Weaver was listed but at least one of the electors under his name was pledged to Cleveland. Same thing in some of the other Western states. Conversely, some other states listed Cleveland and not Weaver but at least one of the electors under his name was pledged to Weaver.
I could be mistaken, though.