[lepton]

If the ballot is secret and the Elector who voted is not known,

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That’s an ‘if’ which doesn’t exist. The votes are open and known when they occur.

Are Electors’ ballots public information? I don’t think so.

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They are. That’s part of how we know which Elector voted in peculiar ways.

Article I says that Congress must record the yeas and nays, but it says nothing about the Electoral College.

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The Electoral College is a vote in each individual state, which is then sent to Congress - and then validated by Congress. From time to time, Congress has invalidated submissions by states, such as one incident where two sets of results were sent.

[Political Junkie Too]

Did you read what Hamilton wrote about the intention of the Electoral College?

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

The 12th amendment says they vote by ballot, not recorded yays and nays. In this country, ballots have always been secret.

-PJ