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How do you decide how many electors each state will get in the electoral branch?
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Each state gets two Senators; House of Representatives members are given by population. Both together equal a state's electoral votes.
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What was the Executive Branch Electoral college about?
The Electoral College is a process by which the President of the United States is elected. It consists of electors from each state who cast their votes for the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote in their respective state. The number of electors for each state is based on their representation in Congress.
How many electors are in new your state?
There are a total of 538 electors in the Electoral College for the presidential election. New York State has 29 electors in the Electoral College.
Do the electors vote and then they decide who gets the electoral vote for that state?
The electors in each state are elected by the popular vote in the presidential election and swear in advance to vote for the presidential candidate who wins the election in their state.
Who actually casts the electoral votes for each state?
The states choose as many "electors" as it has electoral votes and these electors elect the president. The electors are elected by popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for. The electors vote their electoral votes in the Electoral College.
Why vote when the electoral college deterimes the outcome?
The popular vote in each state selects the electors who will vote in the Electoral College. The electors are elected by popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for.
How do you get the number of electors for the electoral college?
By the population of the state.
What is a group of electors from each state who votes for president?
Long question, short answer: the Electoral College.
Who intially chose the electors from each state for the electoral college?
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What was the last US state to send electors to the Electoral College based on the voting in the state legislature?
Antebellum South Carolina had a policy of sending electors to the Electoral College based on the voting in the state legislature.
How many members make up the Electoral College?
There are 538 Electors in the Electoral College.
What is the name of the group of people who choose the president and vice president?
As a group this is the electoral college- its members are called electors. Nowadays the electors are chosen by popular vote within each state and D.C but at one time in many of the states the state legislature would choose the electors for their state .
What branch of government counts the electoral college votes?
The entire electoral college does not meet together in one place. Electors meet in their respective state capitals (electors for the District of Columbia meet within the District) on the Monday after the second Wednesday in December, at which time they cast their electoral votes on separate ballots for president and vice-president. Each state then forwards the election results to the President of the U.S. Senate, the Archivist of the United States, the state's Secretary of State, and the chief judge of the United States district court where those electors met. A joint session of Congress takes place on January 6 in the calendar year immediately following the meetings of the presidential electors. The electoral votes are officially tabulated at the joint session of Congress and the winner of the election is officially declared.
