Electoral College
United States
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Electoral College meets to officially cast votes for president
• Dec. 18, 2024, 3:31 AM ET (PBS)
The Electoral College votes to confirm results for the 2024 presidential election today. Here's what to know.
• Dec. 17, 2024, 5:02 AM ET (CBS)
Wisconsin Republicans sue to resolve conflict of when Electoral College votes must be cast for Trump
• Dec. 10, 2024, 3:00 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.))
Voters elected the most closely divided House since the Great Depression and WWI
• Dec. 5, 2024, 3:20 AM ET (CNN)
Electoral College, the system by which the president and vice president of the United States are chosen. It was devised by the framers of the United States Constitution to provide a method of election that was feasible, desirable, and consistent with a republican form of government. For the results of U.S. presidential elections, see the table. During most of the Constitutional Convention, presidential selection was vested in the legislature. The Electoral College was proposed near the end of the convention by the Committee on Unfinished Parts, chaired by David Brearley of New Jersey, to provide a system that would select ...(100 of 1455 words)