Electoral College Voting Process Analysis

The election of the President and the Vice President of the United States of America is an indirect election, in which citizens cast votes for several members of the U.S. Electoral College. The chosen members then elect the Present and the Vice President themselves. The presidential election happens every four years (beginning with the year 1792) on Election Day, which is the Tuesday that falls between November 2nd and 8th.

Each state is allotted the same number Electoral College members as the amount of its Senators and Representatives. Washington, D.C. is also given three electors. U.S. territories are not given any.

Each state is allowed to design for themselves a way of choosing their electors, and it varies from state to state. However,

The process was never described in the Constitution, and has been developed over time by the political parties. This too is an indirect process, where ballots are cast for a list of delegates to go to a political party’s nominating convention.

Primary elections are run by state and local governments, and caucuses are organized by the political parties that they support. They are both are indirect elections, and happen between the January and June before the election.

The major political parties vote for their presidential candidate at their own nominating conventions, which are normally held during the summer before the election. Each presidential candidate also chooses a vice presidential nominee to run beside them, and if that choice is approved by the convention, then they proceeds to election day.

As with any other election in the U.S., it is illegal to deny a citizen’s right to vote based on race, sex, or age for those eighteen or older. Beyond these basic rules, it is left up to the state legislatures to manage a citizen’s eligibility to

This means that the election ticket will only list the candidates running for President who have a major party nomination, or who has a political party of large enough size to warrant a listing. Other candidates may be listed on the ticket if enough voters have backed them, normally through a list of signatures.

A voter may also choose the write-in option, where they may enter in a candidate who has not been listed on the ticket. This is used for candidates who did not fulfill the requirements to be listed with the rest of the candidates. It is also often used to display a distaste towards the listed candidates, by writing in a joking candidate, like a cartoon character. Despite this option, a write-in candidate has never won an United States Presidential election.

Once the votes are all in, they are counted by each state individually. Electors pledged to vote for the candidate that got the majority of the votes proceed to their respective state’s capital to cast their electoral votes, with separate ballots for the President and the Vice President. Although Electoral College members may technically vote for anyone, many states have laws to punish electors who do not vote for their pledged