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The electors are appointed by the state legislatures, and they are the ones who elect the President of the country.

Electors are chosen by the state legislatures in each election.
The electors are "appointed" through a fixed formula.

Article II Section 1 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.Distribution of Electoral VotesElectoral votes are allocated among the States based on the Census. Every State is allocated a number of votes equal to the number of senators and representatives in its U.S. Congressional delegation—two votes for its senators in the U.S. Senate plus a number of votes equal to the number of its Congressional districts.
Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated three electors and treated like a State for purposes of the Electoral College.Legal Provisions Relevant to the Electoral College ProcessTITLE 3, Chapter 1, § 3.
Number of electors
§ 3. 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.

The article should read...
The electors are ~~appointed~~ chosen by the state legislatures, and they are the ones who elect the President of the country.

To illustrate my point...
The State of "X" is appointed 3 electors. The State of "X" chooses Mr. Brown, Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones as electors for this election.

As a further example of the misrepresentation done in the article, consider what happens if Puerto Rico or some other territory were to be given statehood. The number of "appointed" electors would go up based on the formula mentioned above.