electoral college

electoral college
elec·tor·al college n often cap E&C: a body of electors; specif: the body of electors chosen from each state to elect the president and vice president of the U.S.
◇ Under Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution, each state chooses electors in the same number that the state has senators and representatives. The electors have the discretion to choose the candidate they vote for, but in practice the electors vote for the candidate that wins the most votes in their respective states. In all the states except Maine, the candidate that wins a plurality of the popular votes wins all of the state's electoral votes.

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

electoral college
n.
The group of representatives chosen from each state to cast their votes in a presidential election.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


electoral college
n. A group of electors, chosen according to the popular vote in each state, who elect the president and the vice president of the United States.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


electoral college
Nominated persons, known as electors, from the states and the District of Columbia, who meet every four years in their home state or district and cast ballots to choose the president and vice president of the United States.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


electoral college
Nominated persons, known as electors, from the states and the District of Columbia, who meet every four years in their home state or district and cast ballots to choose the president and vice president of the United States.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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