vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector. The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols. The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 12 were pledged to Obama and Biden: Brenda Brathwaite Mary Ann Dube Patricia Marcus Faye Morrison Carol Pacheco Corinne Wingard John Brissette Raymond Jordan Joe Kaplan Melvin Poindexter Samuel Poulten Jason Whittet See also United States presidential elections in Massachusetts 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries References 2008 Presidential Massachusetts