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Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President and Vice President of the United States. 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. Senate pages bring in the boxes containing each state's certified vote and place them on tables in front of the Senators and Representatives. Each house appoints two tellers to count the vote (normally one member of each political party). Relevant portions of the Certificate of Vote are read for each state, in alphabetical order. The electoral votes are officially tabulated at the joint session of Congress and the winner of the election is officially declared.
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What role did the electoral college play in Washington's election to the presidency?
He was voted in unanimously by the electoral college in 1789 and again in 1792. he is still the only president to have received 100% of the electoral votes.
What role did the electoral college play in george washingtons election to the presidency?
He was voted in unanimously by the electoral college in 1789 and again in 1792. he is still the only president to have received 100% of the electoral votes.
Was Thomas Jefferson elected by electoral college unanimously?
No, only 73 of 138 electors voted for him in 1800, and 162 of 176 voted for him in 1804.
The Electoral College first voted on this day in 1789 Who was elected US president?
George Washington
Who received most of the popular voted and Electoral College votes in the election of 1824?
Andrew Jackson
Why is Donald trump are president?
Enough people voted for him to where he was able to secure the electoral college and win the election.
How is the president voted int office?
The President is voted into office by way of the electoral college. The people cast their votes and based on their votes the electors vote for President.
How many electoral voted does Puerto Rico electoral count?
Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President of the United States. Every state and DC are awarded a certain number of electoral votes with which to elect the President. Puerto Rico does not have a vote in the Electoral College.
How is the president elected by the electoral college including the number of electoral votes heshe needs to win?
It is somthing that chooses a president, and lets him into the white house. After being voted of course. Its like a college letting you run for president.
Who elects the president after the people have voted?
The people vote for the Electors who in turn vote for the President. The group is called the Electoral College
Can the electoral college elect a person as president that is not on the ballot?
Yes, but this has never happened.
Is the electoral college located in DC?
The Electoral College is not a college in the traditional sense. Once every four years when the electors meet in the state capitals to cast their votes for president, reporters call that "The Electoral College." Saying "The Electoral College met," is simply a shorthand way of saying, "The Electors met in their respective State Capitals to cast their votes." The second statement is what really happened. The Electoral College does not really exist.
