- Target:
- U.S. Federal and State Governments
- Region:
- United States of America
The United States Electoral College describes the 538 Presidential Electors who meet every four years to cast the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.
State legislatures are constitutionally empowered with determining how exactly electors are chosen; currently, every legislature allows its electors to be popularly elected on the day set forth by federal law for that purpose—i.e. Election Day. Presidential Electors meet in their respective state capitol buildings—or in the case of Washington, D.C., in the District of Columbia—on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December, never as a national body.
At the 51 separate meetings, held on the same day, the electors cast the electoral votes. As such, the collective concept of the 51 groups is the technical definition of the college, despite never convening together. The electoral college system, like the national convention, is an indirect element in the process of electing the president.
The Constitution does not require the electors to vote as pledged, but many states do require their electors to vote as pledged.
We, the undersigned, call on the US federal and state governments to eliminate the Electoral College, and the position of Presidential Elector, so that we can be assured our votes for our country's leader are used as intended.
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The Eliminate Electoral College petition to U.S. Federal and State Governments was written by Meagan Harris and is in the category Politics at GoPetition.