How US Election Work?
Posted on | Rabu, 02 Maret 2011 | No Comments
United State President is not directly chosen by the population but elected by the Electoral College. The members of the electoral college are active member in their party. They are pledged to vote for one or the other candidates. By law they are not required to vote for their pledged candidate but in fact always do.
Each state is assigned electoral votes based on the number of senators and representatives that state has in Congress. Each state has two Senators. The number of representatives is determined by the states population but is never less then 1. The members of Electoral College meets on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December. In 2012 Election, they scheduled will meet on November 6, 2012. Their votes are then counted again in the presence of Joint Meeting of Congress sixth day of January to certify the returns. The candidate that wins over 50% of the electoral votes becomes President of the United States.
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