the Electoral College
noun
: a group of people chosen from each U.S. state who meet to elect the President and Vice President of the U.S. based on the votes of all the people in each state
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That’s why the Electoral College has 538 total delegates: 435 House members, 100 senators and three for D.C.
Trump has talked about the U.S. invading — or purchasing — Greenland, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.
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Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
For the certification, Senate pages carried the Electoral College ballot boxes through the rotunda like caskets in a funeral procession.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
Harris presided over the certification of the Electoral College.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 18 Jan. 2025
The 2020 election certification by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, was interrupted by a violent mob, while Monday’s session marked the first time since 1989 that a presidential victory in the Electoral College was not objected to by some members of Congress.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Jan. 2025
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Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
For the certification, Senate pages carried the Electoral College ballot boxes through the rotunda like caskets in a funeral procession.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
Harris presided over the certification of the Electoral College.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 18 Jan. 2025
The 2020 election certification by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, was interrupted by a violent mob, while Monday’s session marked the first time since 1989 that a presidential victory in the Electoral College was not objected to by some members of Congress.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Jan. 2025
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