Learn more about voting for the electors. After the general election, your Governor prepares a Certificate of Ascertainment listing the names of all the individuals on the slates for each candidate.
The Certificate of Ascertainment also lists the number of votes each individual received and shows which individuals were appointed as your State's electors. The meeting of the electors takes place on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December after the general election. The electors meet in their respective States, where they cast their votes for President and Vice President on separate ballots. Members of the House and Senate meet in the House Chamber to conduct the official count of electoral votes.
The Vice President, as President of the Senate, presides over the count and announces the results of the vote. If both chambers agree to the objection, the electoral votes in question are not counted. If either chamber opposes the objection, the votes are counted. Originally, the Electoral College provided the Constitutional Convention with a compromise between two main proposals: the popular election of the President and the election of the President by Congress. There have been other attempts to change the system, particularly after cases in which a candidate wins the popular vote, but loses in the Electoral College.
The closest Congress has come to amending the Electoral College since was during the 91st Congress — when the House passed H. The resolution cleared the House to 70, but failed to pass the Senate. The election of the President goes to the House of Representatives. Each state delegation casts a single vote for one of the top three contenders from the initial election to determine a winner.
House of Representatives About this object This pass for the Electoral College's vote count was used again the same day for the President's annual message. Featured Search Historical Highlights of the House. Learn about Foreign Leader Addresses. Featured Search the People of the House. Majority Leaders. Bean Soup! Nebraska distributes its electoral votes proportionally, with two at-large electors representing the statewide winning presidential and vice presidential candidates and one elector each representing the winners from its three Congressional districts.
For only the second time since adopting this system, Nebraska's five electoral votes were split between the two major party tickets. Click on the number of electoral votes for each state to see its Certificate of Vote. Trump, of Florida Kamala D. Harris, of California Michael R. For the first time since adopting their respective systems, both Maine and Nebraska split their electoral votes: Maine distributes its electoral votes proportionally, with two at-large electors representing the statewide winning presidential and vice presidential candidates and one elector each representing the winners from its two Congressional districts.
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