What is the Electoral College?

What is the Electoral College? — page 1 — The Process The Electoral College isn’t a place It’s the process by which a group of people called electors cast votes for the US president and vice president The highest law in the United States the Constitution created this process 4

What is the Electoral College? — page 2 — MAKE THE GRADE Some Founding Fathers wanted to let the voters choose their president and others wanted to let Congress vote The Electoral College was a compromise 5

What is the Electoral College? — page 3 — By the Numbers Congress is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives Each state is allotted a number of electors equal to its number of House representatives and senators The Electoral College is made up of 538 electors Each elector equals one electoral vote 6

What is the Electoral College? — page 4 — JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS MAKE THE GRADE Washington DC isn’t a state but it has three electoral votes according to the Twenty-Third Amendment to the US Constitution 7

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