In December following the presidential election, on a day set by law, the presidential electors (of the Electoral College) in each state and the District of Columbia assemble. State electors usually meet in their state's capital.
The electors then cast their ballots for President and Vice President. Either by custom, or in a few states, by law, electors vote for their party's choices for the two offices. The lists of these elections are sent under seal to the president of the Senate and to the Administrator of General Services in Washington, DC.
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.
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The state presidential electors are chosen by the individual parties. Each state party organization has different rules how the electors are chosen.
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Presidential electors are chosen to represent the interests of their state's voters in the Electoral College. Each state appoints electors based on the outcome of the popular vote during the presidential election. These electors are typically pledged to vote for the candidate who wins their state's majority, reflecting the democratic choice of the electorate. This system ensures that the voices of individual states are represented in the national election process.
The popular vote has no bearing on the Presidential and Vice Presidential elections themselves. It is used by the states to determine which electors get appointed. State electors are "pledged" to vote for the candidate of the party that chose them. In 48 states plus D.C., the winner of the popular vote in each state will receive all of that state's electoral votes in the real Presidential and Vice Presidential elections when they meet in December. In Maine and Nebraska, the winner of the popular vote in each state receives two of that state's electoral votes, and each additional electoral vote goes to the candidate who wins the popular vote in each of the state's federal congressional districts.
Electoral votes 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. Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the House of Representatives. The electors in each state are elected in the presidential election and swear in advance to vote for the presidential candidate who wins the election in their state. When people vote for a presidential candidate they actually are voting for the electors in that state who have sworn in advance that they will vote for that candidate in the electoral college.
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11 presidential electors who vote for the president and vice-president.
Proposal for choosing presidential electors by which two electors would be selected in each State according to the Statewide popular vote and the other electors would be selected separately in each of the State's congressional districts.
Proposal for choosing presidential electors by which two electors would be selected in each State according to the Statewide popular vote and the other electors would be selected separately in each of the State's congressional districts.