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It's the method by which the US votes for president. Every state has the same number of electors as people they have in Congress (Those in the house of representatives + the senate) Each state has their own process for how the electors vote. There are tons of pros and cons. A Google search will give you a whole bunch of better info than you'll find here.

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Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President of the United States. Every state and the District of Columbia are awarded a certain number of electoral votes with which to elect the President. Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the House of Representatives. The electors in each state are elected in the presidential election and swear in advance to vote for the presidential candidate who wins the election in their state. Electors meet in their respective state capitals (electors for the District of Columbia meet within the District) on the Monday after the second Wednesday in December, at which time they cast their electoral votes on separate ballots for president and vice-president. Each state then forwards the election results to the President of the U.S. Senate, the Archivist of the United States, the state's Secretary of State, and the chief judge of the United States district court where those electors met. A joint session of Congress takes place on January 6 in the calendar year immediately following the meetings of the presidential electors. The electoral votes are officially tabulated at the joint session of Congress and the winner of the election is officially declared.

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Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President of the United States. Every state and DC are awarded a certain number of electoral votes with which to elect the President. Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the House of Representatives. The electors in each state are elected in the presidential election and swear in advance to vote for the presidential candidate who wins the election in their state. Electors meet in their respective state capitals (electors for the District of Columbia meet within the District) on the Monday after the second Wednesday in December, at which time they cast their electoral votes on separate ballots for president and vice-president. Each state then forwards the election results to the President of the U.S. Senate, the Archivist of the United States, the state's Secretary of State, and the chief judge of the United States district court where those electors met. A joint session of Congress takes place on January 6 in the calendar year immediately following the meetings of the presidential electors. The electoral votes are officially tabulated at the joint session of Congress and the winner of the election is officially declared.

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Electoral Congress is that iot allows a peron to be selected presiden who has not won the popular vote in the country.

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Why is the number of electoral votes available different than the number of people in Congress?

The District of Columbia which has no voting representatives in Congress , has three votes in the electoral college.


Who is selected through the electoral colleges the president or the members of congress?

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The sum total of Oregon's members in congress


What did congress create to review the results of the election of 1876?

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January 8 I think


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Congress.


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both houses of congress


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Minnesota had 10 reps in congress


What did congress create to review the results in the election of 1876?

a commission.


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Congress.