America’s Electoral College Demystified
Americans take to the ballot to help in electing the President and his Vice not directly but through a rather sieved process of choosing electors that will in part choose through pledges the next president. A State is accorded a specific number in the electoral college which is same as the number represented in the congress and which is based on the populous of the citizens it holds. Only the District of Colombia got granted a lesser number of it's electors as a state by the twenty-third Amendment, it currently holds a minimum of 3 as compared to the other states which bring the tally to a total of 538 electors. The constitution also restricted the eligibility of federal officials to vie either through a process of election or appointment to the electoral college. If for any reason a candidate fails to garner all the 270 votes through a popular vote, then the process moves to the house of representatives, who correspond to the Electors and Senators. The House is represented by 435 memb
By Leonard Ligai
7 years ago