How are electors of the Electoral College chosen?

The electors who technically select the president are
chosen in a variety of ways.  There is no one set way that must be followed.  Instead,
each state is free to set up its own system for selecting
electors.

Typically, the way this works is that the parties
select the electors who would vote for that party's candidate.  The electors are
generally party activists in that particular state.  They are chosen at party
conventions or in other party meetings.

Electors, then, can
be pretty much anyone who a party wants.  The only real restriction is that they cannot
be officials of the federal government.