Each state gets votes in the electoral college. The number of votes allotted to each state is determined by adding up all the members of the United States Congress who are elected from that state. For example, Maine has two U.S. Senators and two U.S. Representatives, for a total of four members of Congress. Because Maine has four members of Congress, the state also gets four electoral college votes. Political parties and nonparty candidates choose their own electors in Maine.
Political parties choose their electors at a state convention.
Nonparty candidates name their electors when they submit the signatures they must collect to get on the ballot. Each party or candidate must name four electors, which is the most a candidate could win here. In each group of four electors, one must be from the First Congressional District, one must be from the Second Congressional District and two must be chosen at-large. The names of all the electors are submitted to the Secretary of State. The candidate who wins the most popular votes in the First Congressional District wins one elector.