The electoral ballots are sent to the Vice President of the United States who is acting in his capacity as the President of the United States Senate. The electors meet in the state capital and mark their ballots. The ballots would actually be sent in by the certifying election official, usually the state's Secretary of State.
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The presidential electors vote in their respective state capitals. The votes then travel to the United States Senate to be counted.
Copies are sent via registered mail to the National Archivist and to the U. S. Vice President, whose responsibility it is to head a joint session of Congress in the counting of the votes.
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They are "electors" and as a group they are the "electoral college." Voters in Presidential elections are actually selecting the electors who represent a given party or candidate. Under the US Contitution, voters in each state select Presidential Electors who meet in their State Capitals and vote on the Presidential slates. Together, these Electors constitute the Electoral College, although the College never meets all together in one place. Although Electors are usually pledged to vote for one slate or another, there is no constitutional requirement that they do so. Originally they were expected to vote as they thought best for their states and the country.
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.
Most states appoint their electors on a winner-take-all basis, based on the statewide popular vote on Election Day. Maine and Nebraska are the only two current exceptions. Maine and Nebraska distribute their electoral votes proportionally, with two at-large electors representing the statewide winning presidential and vice-presidential candidates and one elector each representing the winners from each of their Congressional districts.