Explainer: Dueling Electors and the Upcoming Joint Session of Congress

Explainer: Dueling Electors and the Upcoming Joint Session of Congress
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), top right, reacts as Vice President Joe Biden, center top, presides over the counting of the electoral votes from the 2016 presidential election during a joint session of Congress in Washington on Jan. 6, 2017. Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
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Presidential candidates in the United States win elections by winning the most electoral votes.

The Electoral College system apportions a certain number of votes to each state. When voters in a state vote for a party’s candidate, they’re actually casting a vote for that party’s slate of electors, or people chosen to cast electoral votes.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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