To Choose a President
The Electoral College. Established 1787.
It isn’t really a college, and the electors aren’t tenured professors.
The electors are really voters, and their votes count in a very big way.
The electors were created by the Constitution to do only one thing: elect the President and Vice President of the United States. The Electoral College became part of the Constitution at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, when delegates assembled to devise something to replace the Articles of Confederation.
Today, the Electoral College’s activities are overseen by the National Archives. We delegate this duty to our Office of the Federal Register, which every day publishes all the laws, regulations, and rules of the U.S. Government.
When you do go to the polls in November, you actually vote for a slate of electors pledged to vote for particular candidates for President and Vice President.
Your role in all this: Vote!
Read the full post on the Prologue: Pieces of History blog from the National Archives
(via aotus)
Source: blogs.archives.gov
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