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 Electoral college - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During Brazil's military rule period, the president was elected by an electoral college constituting senators, deputies, state deputies and lawmakers in the cities.
For example, the President of Finland was elected by an electoral college between 1919 and 1987.
Another type of electoral college is used by the British Labour Party to choose its leader.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_college   (627 words)

  
 3PT - Electoral College Primer
The electoral college is one of the many compromises written into the t United States Constitution in 1787.
Under the Constitution, each state is authorized to choose electors for president and vice president, the number always being the same as the combined number of U.S. senators and representatives allotted to that state.
With 100 senators and 435 representatives in the United States, plus three electors for the District of Columbia provided by the Twenty-third Amendment, the total electoral college vote is 538.
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/case/3pt/electoral.html#pro   (2177 words)

  
 Constitutional Topic: The Electoral College - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
Electors are chosen by the states and the Electors elect the President and Vice-President.
The Electoral College insulates the election of the President from the people by having the people elect not the person of the President, but the person of an Elector who is pledged to vote for a specific person for President.
The Electoral College, proposed by James Wilson, was the compromise that the Constitutional Convention reached.
http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_elec.html   (1418 words)

  
 Electoral College - dKosopedia
Each Electoral Vote is entrusted to an individual Presidential Elector who are elected or appointed from the several States and the District of Columbia according to State Laws.
Electoral Votes are awarded on a state level, on a winner-take-all basis (except for Maine and Nebraska, which award two electoral votes to the statewide winner and remaining electoral votes to the winner in each congressional district).
Because the Constitution provides that electors be delegated as the state legislature decides, no change to the Constitution is neccessary to effectively eliminate the electoral college except as a rubber stamp on the national popular vote.
http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Electoral_College   (1527 words)

  
 What is the Electoral College
The electoral votes are sealed and sent to the President of the U.S. Senate and are read aloud to both Houses of Congress on January 6.
Each elector was required to cast two votes for the president and at least one of those votes had to be for a candidate outside of their state.
Originally, the purpose of the College of Electors was to have the most knowledgeable and informed individuals from each state of the Union cast their votes for the president assuming that they voted solely on the basis of merit.
http://www.votescount.com/books/elecoll.htm   (1116 words)

  
 CRS Report: RL30804 - The Electoral College: An Overview and Analysis of Reform Proposals - NLE
Since state electoral college delegations are equal to the combined total of each state's Senate and House delegation, the composition of the electoral college thus appears to be weighted in favor of the small states.
Indeed, critics of the electoral college system caution that the presence of viable and well funded third-party or independent presidential candidates, who may be able to garner electoral votes by carrying a plurality of the votes in statewide elections, increase the likelihood of contingent election.
The President and the Vice President of the United States are elected indirectly by an institution known as the electoral college.
http://www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/government/gov-39.cfm   (8754 words)

  
 NARA Federal Register U. S. Electoral College - About the Electoral College
The Electoral College was established by the founding fathers as a compromise between election of the president by Congress and election by popular vote.
State executives and the electors are responsible for completing election duties outlined by the Constitution of the United States and Federal law.
View the responsibilities of the States and the electors in the Presidential Election.
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/about.html   (305 words)

  
 BBC NEWS World Americas Q&A: The US Electoral College
In 2000 an elector from the District of Columbia abstained.
The electors are chosen by the parties before the election, often in a vote at a convention.
Each state has a number of electors in the Electoral College equal to the total of its US senators (always two) and its representatives, which are determined by the size of the state's population.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3736580.stm   (813 words)

  
 The Electoral College
And the Electoral College was designed to represent each State's choice for the presidency (with the number of each State's electoral votes being the number of its Senators plus the number of its Representatives).
The Electoral College has performed its function for over 200 years (and in over 50 presidential elections) by ensuring that the President of the United States has both sufficient popular support to govern and that his popular support is sufficiently distributed throughout the country to enable him to govern effectively.
The electoral votes were to be sealed and transmitted from each of the States to the President of the Senate who would then open them before both houses of the Congress and read the results.
http://jceb.co.jackson.mo.us/fun_stuff/electoral_college.htm   (7429 words)

  
 electoral college
The illegitimate president: minority vote dilution and the electoral college.
Electoral College Votes by State, 2004 Presidential Elections - Alabama 9 Alaska 3 Arizona 10 Arkansas 6 California 55 Colorado 9 Connecticut 7 Delaware 3 District...
The Electoral College - The next step in the process is the nomination of electors in each state, according to its laws.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0816970.html   (382 words)

  
 CNN.com Specials
The president and vice president are elected by 538 Electoral College voters, one per senator and representative from each state, who usually cast a ballot for the candidate who wins the popular vote.
• Electors meet in each state to vote for president and vice president.
• In 26 states and Washington D.C., laws require electors to follow the popular vote.
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/electoral.college   (216 words)

  
 Electoral College
The Electoral College is a clumsy device that never would be imitated by a state for electing its governor -- or by a town electing its dogcatcher.
Justification for the Electoral College is rooted "in racism and sexism," Amar says, noting no other political bodies (whether foreign nations or our own states and cities) think enough of the Electoral College system to use it for their elections.
The winner-take-all system (except in Maine and Nebraska where electors can split the state's votes) is unfair to third-party candidates such as Ross Perot, whose 18.9 percent of the 1996 vote was rewarded with 0.0 percent of the Electoral College vote.
http://www.fairvote.org/op_eds/electoral_college.htm   (3472 words)

  
 Electoral College
Electoral votes of the state are allocated to candidates according to the proportion in which the popular vote was cast for slates of electors (if the office is maintained) or for the actual candidates (if office of elector is abolished).
The significance of the analogy of presidential electors to congressional delegations frequently is debated.
Memorials are being introduced in state legislatures calling for the direct election of the President and abolition of the Electoral College.
http://home.pacbell.net/barbward/two1-6.htm   (14643 words)

  
 Electoral College Calculator - version 2.2
On election day, voters are actually voting for Electoral College members who promise to vote for the candidates of their respective political parties.
Each state is allocated "electoral votes" equal to the total number of Senators and Representatives allocated to that state.
To use the Electoral College calculator, select states by picking the state name on the list box, or clicking near the center of the state on the map.
http://www.grayraven.com/ec   (452 words)

  
 The Electoral College
The final decision of the delegates, to have electors chosen by the various state legislatures elect the president, was the result of a compromise worked out by a committee comprised of one delegate from each of the states and presented to the Convention on September 4, 1787.
The Electoral College, in recognizing a role for states in the selection of the president, reminds us of their importance in our federal system.
The final determination as to which slates of electors had in fact been elected was made on an 8-7 vote by a congressional commission.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/electoralcoll.htm   (2056 words)

  
 The Electoral College
The 2000 presidential election generated renewed interest in the Electoral College.
They claim that the Electoral College causes candidates to ignore states where the outcome is certain in favor of states where polls say the contest is close.
While electors are supposed to vote in accordance with their state's voters, they do not always do so.
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/campaign2000race.html   (568 words)

  
 David S. Bennahum: Abolishing the Electoral College
All of your state's electoral voters (who are representing the entire population of your state including you) will cast their votes in favor of a candidate you voted against.
The electoral college system was put in place to keep control over the popular election process; electoral college representatives don't actually have to vote the same as the citizens they represent.
Not only does the Electoral College ensure that a Presidential Candidate be palatable to most of the States in the country (as Luke White mentioned), it also ensures a final vote that has zero statistic error.
http://www.bennahum.com/david/2004/09/abolishing_the_.html   (4378 words)

  
 Will Hively, Math Against Tyranny, Discover Magazine, November, 1996
Ostensibly, by voting on November 5, we are choosing the next president of the United States.
In 1876, Samuel J. Tilden lost to Rutherford B. Hayes by one electoral vote, though he received 50.9 percent of the popular vote to Hayes’s 47.9 percent; an extraordinary commission awarded 20 disputed electoral votes to Hayes.
A large electorate, they believed, falls prey to passions, rumors, and "tumult." Electors were supposed to consider each candidate’s merits more judiciously, not blindly follow the popular will.
http://www.avagara.com/e_c/reference/00012001.htm   (5068 words)

  
 Electoral College Reform
During the 2000 presidental election, it became painfully obvious that the United States needs to reform its procedure for choosing a president, the electoral college.
The slow evolution of the electoral college from a restrictive, elitist system is not yet complete.
The Fake Is The New Real Electoral Reform Map redivides the territory of the United States into 50 bodies of equal size - 281,421,906 divided by 50 is 5,616,997.
http://www.fakeisthenewreal.org/reform/reform.html   (424 words)

  
 Presidential Elections and the Electoral College: U.S. Congressional Documents
Students and researchers on the subject of the presidential elections and the electoral college may find it useful to consult the Law Library of Congress Research Guide to Election Resources, a resource guide to both electronic and printed materials on the subject.
He lost the electoral college vote to William McKinley despite his diligent campaigning.
The United States Supreme Court offers all the major documents relating to the Florida Election Cases pertaining to the 2000 Presidential election.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwec.html   (454 words)

  
 Online NewsHour Vote 2004 Politics 101 Electoral College Map
The number of electoral votes indicated for each state and in the tally boxes below the map reflect the re-allocation that took place after the 2000 census.
The yellow lines in the tally boxes below the map indicate the 270 electoral votes needed for a presidential election victory.
Click on "view election trends" to see voting histories and political facts for each state.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2004/politics101/politics101_ecmap.html   (179 words)

  
 Electoral College
The number of electoral votes is based on the number of U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives in each state.
Since the founding of the United States, the final outcome of every presidential election has been decided by the several hundred electors in the Electoral College.
The state with the most electoral votes—a whopping 54—is California.
http://www.learnersonline.com/weekly/archive2K/week41   (602 words)

  
 Meta-Analysis of State Polls - election.princeton.edu
The probability of an electoral tie is: Decided voters only, 4.1% (24-to-1 against).
Nevada is a near-tossup and has a disproportionately high share of electoral votes.
Friday, November 5, 10:30AM: Commentary on the electoral divide by the American Prospect's Harold Meyerson.
http://election.princeton.edu   (11833 words)

  
 Electoral College
The Electoral College by William C. Kimberling, Deputy Director, FEC Office of Election Admin
-- The Electoral College: Reform Proposals in the 108th Congress - CRS Report
-- The Electoral College: Reform Proposals in the 107th Congress -- CRS Report
http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/c9814.htm   (149 words)

  
 The Electoral College
The Distribution of Electoral College Votes amongst the States (1981-1990 and 1991-2000)
For Electoral College and popular votes in past presedential elections, link to the Electoral College Home Page of the National Archives on
A Brief History of the Electoral College along with pro's and con's and a selected bibliography.
http://www.fec.gov/pages/ecmenu2.htm   (72 words)

  
 EC: The US Electoral College Web Zine
Here's the text of the failed constitutional amendment that would have replaced the Electoral College with a direct vote as low as 40% of the voters.
Resources, References & Stories about the much maligned U.S. Electoral College
Direct popular election of the U.S. President is a perilous option
http://www.avagara.com/e_c   (144 words)

  
 270 to Win: An Interactive Map and History of the Electoral College
Since electoral votes are generally allocated on an "all or none" basis by state, the election of a U.S President is about winning the popular vote in enough states to achieve 270 electoral votes, a majority of the 538 that are available.
270towin.com is an interactive Electoral College map for 2008 and a history of Presidential elections in the United States.
It is not about getting the most overall popular votes, as we saw in the 2000 election, when the electoral vote winner (Bush) and the popular vote winner (Gore) were different.
http://www.270towin.com   (201 words)

  
 RealClear Politics - Polls
He can offset a loss in Florida (and New Hampshire), by winning three of those four states.
Based on the final RCP State Averages, President Bush is projected to win 296 Electoral Votes to 242 for Senator Kerry.
At the state level, using the RCP state averages to allocate the Electoral College, President Bush would win 306 - 232.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Presidential_04/RCP_EC.html   (1146 words)

  
 Current Electoral Vote Predictor 2004
I might just track the Senate elections in 2006, but it is a bit early now.
This site has far more about the election than just the map.
Electoral Vote Predictor 2004: Kerry 251 Bush 286
http://www.electoral-vote.com   (36 words)

  
 2004 Presidential Electoral College Predictions
Picture with the electoral predictions page views between October 16 and election day.
Exit polls update: several readers have warned me that CNN changed the exit polls at 1am to reflect actual results.
http://www.econ.umn.edu/~amoro/Research/presprobs.html   (137 words)

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