Under the "Electoral College" system, each state is assigned a certain number of "votes". There are a total of electoral votes, and the number of votes each state receives is proportional to its size the bigger the state's population the more "votes" it gets.
The formula for determining the number of votes for each state is simple: each state gets two votes for its two US Senators, and then one more additional vote for each member it has in the House of Representatives. For California, this means we get 55 votes 2 senators and 53 members of the House of Representatives the most of any state.
Each party determines its own method for selecting electors. In the Democratic Party, each congressional nominee and each US Senate nominee determined by the last two elections designates one elector. Elections Code section In the Republican Party, the nominees for Governor, Lt. Senators, Representatives in Congress and persons holding office of trust or profit of the U.
Any additional vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the chair of Republican State Central Committee according to Republican State Central Committee bylaws. Republican State Central Committee Chair must file the list with the Secretary of State by October 1 of the presidential election year. In the American Independent, Green and Libertarian party electors are nominated at their state convention and the state chair certifies their names and residence addresses to the Secretary of State.
Constitution contains very few provisions relating to the qualifications of electors. As a historical matter, the 14th Amendment provides that State officials who have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States or given aid and comfort to its enemies are disqualified from serving as electors. This prohibition relates to the post-Civil War era. Each State's Certificates of Ascertainment confirms the names of its appointed electors.
A State's certification of its electors is generally sufficient to establish the qualifications of electors. Choosing each State's electors is a two-part process. First, the political parties in each State choose slates of potential electors sometime before the general election. Second, during the general election, the voters in each State select their State's electors by casting their ballots. The first part of the process is controlled by the political parties in each State and varies from State to State.
Generally, the parties either nominate slates of potential electors at their State party conventions or they chose them by a vote of the party's central committee. This happens in each State for each party by whatever rules the State party and sometimes the national party have for the process.
This first part of the process results in each Presidential candidate having their own unique slate of potential electors. Political parties often choose individuals for the slate to recognize their service and dedication to that political party. That system assigned two U. No state would have fewer than three electors, no matter how few people lived there. That system means voters in different states are treated differently, writes LaGrange College political scientist John Tures.
The Electoral College makes American democracy more vulnerable to hackers, fraudsters and others who might seek to alter the results, explains mathematician Steven Heilman at USC Dornsife. Electoral College does not guarantee. He explains plurality voting — a method widely used across the U. If someone wins more than half the votes in the first round, that candidate is declared the winner.
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