Electoral College
... But the results of the popular vote are not guaranteed to stand because the Electoral College has not cast its vote. ... · The political parties (or independent candidates) in each State submit to the States chief election official a list of individuals pledged to their candidate for president and equal in number to the States electoral vote. ... · On the Monday following the second Wednesday of December (as established in federal law) each States Electors meet in their respective State capitals and cast their electoral votes-one for president and one for vice president. ... · The electoral votes are then sealed and transmitted from each State to the President of the Senate who, on the following January 6, opens and reads them before both houses of the Congress. · The candidate for president with the most electoral votes, provided that it is an absolute majority (one over half of the total), is declared president. Similarly, the vice presidential candidate with the absolute majority of electoral votes is declared vice president. · In the event no one obtains an absolute majority of electoral votes for president, the U. ... The political parties (or independent candidates) submit to the States chief election official a list of individuals pledged to their candidate for president and equal in number to the States electoral vote. ... On the Monday following the second Wednesday of December (as established in federal law) (December 18, 2000) each States Electors meet in their respective State capitals and cast their electoral votes-one for president and one for vice president. ... The electoral votes are then sealed and transmitted from each State to the President of the Senate who, on the following January 6, opens and reads them before both houses of the Congress.