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The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The Founding Fathers established it in the Constitution, in part, as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
- History
How did we get the Electoral College? The Founding Fathers...
- The Allocation of Electors
Allocation among the States Electoral votes are allocated...
- FAQs
Title 3 of the United States Code establishes procedures for...
- Roles and Responsibilities
OFR prepares to receive the Electoral College Certificates...
- Legal Provisions
Section 1. The District constituting the seat of Government...
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- 2016 Key Dates
Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District...
- History
In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice president. The process is described in Article II of the U.S. Constitution. [1] Each state appoints electors using legal procedures determined by its legislature, equal in ...
Electoral College, the system by which the president and vice president of the United States are chosen. It was devised by the framers of the United States Constitution to provide a method of election that was feasible, desirable, and consistent with a republican form of government.
The Electoral College is not a physical place. It is a process which includes the: Selection of electors. Meeting of electors who cast votes for the president and vice president. Counting of the electors’ votes by Congress. In other U.S. elections, candidates are elected directly by popular vote. But the president and vice president are not ...
The Electoral College, devised during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, is a voting system in which electors represent a particular presidential candidate.
The Electoral College was born at the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. The nation’s founders hoped to quell the formation of powerful factions and political parties, and they ...
The Electoral College is a group of people that elects the president and the vice president of the United States. The word “college” in this case simply refers to an organized body of people ...
