One Person One Vote

The Electoral College is a body of electors established by the United States Constitution; Article II, Section I, Clause 9.  It is the process by which the United States President is elected.

The Electors for each state equals the number of Senators and Representatives which the state is entitled to in the Congress.

The electors are proportional to the state’s size.  The larger the state’s population the more electoral votes it receives.

Each state gets two votes for its two Senators and one vote for each member it has in the House of Representatives.

Prior to the general election each state political party will choose a group of potential electors based upon their qualifications to be an Elector. 

On Election Day each voter in the states chooses their state’s electors by casting their election ballot.  The winning Presidential candidate’s group of potential Electors becomes the state’s Electors.   The exceptions are Maine and Nebraska where an Electoral seat is awarded to more than one candidate.

The electors in each state vote by ballot for two persons, one should not be a member of the elector’s same state. A list of all the persons voted for and their number of votes is comprised, signed, certified and sealed.  It is given to the President of the Senate who in the presence of the Senate and the House of Representatives opens the certificates and counts the votes.  The person with the greatest number of votes, regardless of popular votes, is the President of the United States (POTUS).

The POTUS can serve for 2 terms of 4 years each.

Remember: when you cast your vote in a Presidential election, you are not directly voting for a presidential candidate but for how you want the Electoral College to vote.  

The Electoral College is a group designated to vote on behalf of the voters.