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 U.S. Electoral College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States Electoral College is the electoral college that chooses the President and Vice President of the United States at the conclusion of each Presidential election.
As stated in the ruling, electors are acting as a function of the state, not the federal government.
Conceding that the Electoral College violates the principle of "one man, one vote," federalist defenders of the College remind that the United States Senate violates "one man, one vote" even more seriously.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Electoral_College   (7116 words)

  
 3PT - Electoral College Primer
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.
The electoral college is one of the many compromises written into the t United States Constitution in 1787.
Makeup and operation of the electoral college itself are tightly defined by the Constitution, but the method of choosing electors is left to the states.
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/case/3pt/electoral.html   (2177 words)

  
 Ben's Guide (9-12): Elections -- The Election Process -- Election of the President & Vice President -- Electoral College
The Electoral College is a method of indirect popular election of the President of the United States.
When the Electoral College vote was so split that none of the candidates received an absolute majority in the election of 1824 the House elected John Quincy Adams President.
The votes of the electors are then sent to Congress where the President of the Senate opens the certificates, and counts the votes.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/election/electoral.html   (521 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - electoral college (U.S. Government) - Encyclopedia
electoral college, in U.S. government, the body of electors that chooses the president and vice president.
Then, "after the choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President"; in case of a tie the Senate would choose the vice president.
The Twelfth Amendment, however, resulting from the confused election of 1800 (see Jefferson, Thomas, and Burr, Aaron) provided that electors vote for president and vice president separately.
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/E/electora.html   (318 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)

  
 The Electoral College
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.
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 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)

  
 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)

  
 The Sleeping Giant: Still Asleep? ...The Role of the Electoral College in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election
Like much of the United States Constitution, the Electoral College is a compromise, or was a compromise.
You case one vote, and that one vote elects the entire slate of electors for the party and the candidates of your choice.
And the electors are allocated according to the total that each state has of its two senators and its representatives, the number of U.S. representatives.
http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/36875.htm   (5308 words)

  
 Presidential Elections and the Electoral College: U.S. Congressional Documents
In 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes, who was born on October 4, 1822, became the nineteenth U.S. president after a bitterly-contested election against Democrat Samuel J. Tilden of New York.
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.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwec.html   (454 words)

  
 The Electoral College Sucks - U.S. president election 2000
Each elector, guided by the state's popular vote, is expected to vote for his or her own party when the electors meet in December.
We vote for electors to vote for the president.
Each state gets one elector for each member of the House of Representatives (435) and the Senate (100); the District of Columbia gets three electors.
http://theelectoralcollegesucks.com   (184 words)

  
 Electoral College Election Statistics
Thurmond received electoral votes for Vice President from Alabama (6) and Mississippi (8).
A West Virginia elector voted for Bentsen as President and Dukakis as Vice President.
Byrd received electoral votes for President from Alabama (6), Mississippi (8) and Oklahoma (1).
http://fs.huntingdon.edu/jlewis/Outlines/ElectColl96Totals.htm   (853 words)

  
 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
Election Information: menu directs the browser to election information including: historical details (such as election dates, electoral votes by state, the electoral college, etc.), Presidential Election Law from the U.S. Constitution and United States Code, Articles, and a description of the election process.
Individual year pages include candidates, parties, popular and electoral vote totals, maps, charts, and voter turnout (1932-2000).
2004: provides information on the upcoming 2004 Presidential Election, including the very popular Electoral College Calculator and the
http://www.uselectionatlas.org   (483 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)

  
 President Elect
Welcome to President Elect, the homepage for information on the election of U.S. Presidents and the electoral college.
You'll find election results, history, electoral college debate, and much more!
Articles should be related to presidential elections, analysis, the electoral college, relevant Constitution issues, election law, winning and losing presidential / vice presidential candidates, etc. We will not accept articles that are politically biased or are deemed not relevant.
http://www.presidentelect.org   (203 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)

  
 2004 Presidential Election Polling and Electoral College Information Resources
Presidential Election of 2000, Electoral and Popular Vote Summary
2004 Presidential Election Polling and Electoral College Information Resources
http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/polling.html   (18 words)

  
 Howstuffworks "How the Electoral College Works"
After the 2000 U.S. presidential election, just about everybody in the United States was talking about the Electoral College.
You'll also learn about the strange election of the first son of a former president to win the presidency.
In the end, of course, Gore won the popular vote (more Americans voted for him), but Bush actually won the presidency, because he was awarded the majority of the votes in the Electoral College.
http://people.howstuffworks.com/electoral-college.htm   (140 words)

  
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