Quirks of the Electoral College

First, the Electors of each State meet in their respective State Capitals on the First Monday after the Second Wednesday of December to Cast their Votes. The Results are sent to and Counted by the Congress, where they are Tabulated in the First Week of January before a Joint Meeting of the Senate and the House of Representatives, Presided over by the Current Vice President, as President of the Senate.

Should a Majority of Votes Not be Cast for a Candidate, a Contingent Election takes place.

The House holds a Presidential Election session, where One Vote is Cast by each of the Fifty States.

The Senate is responsible for Electing the Vice President, with each Senator having One Vote.

The Elected President and Vice President are Inaugurated on January 20th.

Since 1964, there have been 538 Electors. There are 100 Senators and 435 Representatives which adds up to 535. The Remaining Three Electors come from the Twenty-Third Amendment, ratified in 1961, providing that the District established pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, as the Seat of the Federal Government, Washington, D.C., is Entitled to the same Number of Electors as the least Populous State. In practice, that Results in Washington D.C. being entitled to 3 Electors. U.S. territories, both Modern-Day Territories, like Puerto Rico and Historical Territories like the Dakota Territory, have never been entitled to any Electors in the Electoral College.

THE Supreme Court Unanimously Ruled that States can Require their Electoral College Representatives to Support their State's Vote Winner.

But there is another Option. A House and Senate Member of a State can Reject the State's Electors Vote.

Then each Chamber Votes to Reject or Allow that States Electorial Vote.

It would take Rejection of enough States' Vote to give the Vote to the Second Candidate.










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