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The electoral votes are unsealed and counted at a joint session of the new Congress , in early January of the year following the election. The results are rarely any sort of surprise.
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The procedure for counting electoral votes in the United States is outlined in the U.S. Constitution. The Vice President, as President of the Senate, presides over a joint session of Congress where the votes are counted. The electoral votes from each state are first presented alphabetically, and then the Vice President announces the results and declares the winner.
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The first act of the new Congress which convened on March 4 1789 was to count the that were cast in the presidential election?
counting the electoral votes that were cast in the presidential election
Why would the compromise on counting slaves be called the three-fifths compromise?
Instead of counting all slaves for population to determine electoral votes, they only counted slaves as 3/5 of a person to calculate the electoral votes. Before this they didn't count any of the slaves as part of the population when calculating electoral votes.
When electoral winners are not the same as electoral votes?
FL has 27 electoral votes FL has 27 electoral votes
How many states can a candidate win and still lose the election?
When referring to the Electoral College and Presidential elections, a candidate can win by taking: California (55 electoral votes) Texas (28 electoral votes) Florida (29 electoral votes) New York (29 electoral votes) Illinois (20 electoral votes) Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes) Ohio (18 electoral votes) Georgia (16 electoral votes) Michigan (16 electoral votes) New Jersey (15 electoral votes) Virginia (14 electoral votes) - a total of 11 states for 270 electoral votes which means a candidate can lose the other 39 states and District of Columbia and still win the election.
What was the first act of new Congress which convened on March 41789?
counting the electoral votes that were cast in the presidential election
Which state has more electoral votes Kansas or Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania currently has more electoral votes with 20 electoral votes to Kansas' 6 electoral votes.
How many electoral votes does have Alabama have?
Alabama has 9 electoral votes.
What is the number of electoral votes?
270 electoral votes
What was the first act of the new congress which convenes on march 4 1789?
Counting the electoral votes that were cast in the presidential election
Who is the executive branch official in charge of opening and counting the electoral votes for president every four years?
vice president
What type of votes actually elect the president-?
Electoral votes are the type of votes that actual elect the president.
Did John McCain or Barack Obama get more electoral votes?
Barack Obama received more electoral votes, receiving 365 electoral votes to John McCain's 173 electoral votes (out of a total of 538), a difference of 192 electoral votes
