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Elizabeth MacDonough was appointed to the role in 2012 by Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada, Senate majority leader at the time.

The Electoral College was also rooted in racism and gave rural states disproportionate power, said Aaron Scherb, senior director of legislative affairs at Common Cause, a grassroots organization ...

The Electoral College meeting occurs on the Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December, which was December 17 in 2024. Each state’s electors meet in their state and cast their votes.

That strengthened the South in the electoral college because a state’s number of electors is based mostly on the size of its House delegation. But every state also gets an elector for each senator.

How does the Electoral College work? On ballots around the country, names like “Donald Trump” and “Kamala Harris” actually represent slates of electors — members of the Electoral College ...

Other nations took a lead from the U.S. creation of the Electoral College, creating their own versions. But they didn’t last, as Westminster College political scientist Joshua Holzer explained: ...

The Electoral College – explained Since its founding, the United States has used the Electoral College to elect the nation's president. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the White House.

The Electoral College has received a lot of attention of late, leading many to question why it exists — and what it would take to remove it. In two of the six presidential elections conducted ...

Plus: Running the odds on Black voters and swing voters. A U.S. sovereign wealth fund? Closing messages.

Electoral College votes were cast for Colin Powell, Ron Paul, John Kasich, Bernie Sanders and Faith Spotted Eagle, with voters in Washington, Texas and Hawaii all defecting, according to 270toWin.

Five hundred and thirty-eight Electoral College votes will soon be divided between this year's presidential nominees, and for CNN’s John King, the countdown is on. The network’s chief national ...