Describe the method of electing a President. The voters do not cast their votes directly for a President, but they elect members of an Electoral College that elects the President. Each State chooses a number of Electors equal to the whole number of Representatives it sends to both Houses of Congress, and all the Electors taken together are called the Electoral College. No Representative nor any person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States can be made an Elector. The Electors are chosen the same day in all the States, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, at a general election where every voter of the State may vote for all the Electors that his State is entitled to elect. Each party has on its ticket the full number of Electors permitted to the State, and the party that polls the largest number of votes elects the Electors for that State. The Electors chosen meet at the capitals of their respective States on the second Monday in the following January, and cast their votes for the President and the Vice-President, one of whom shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves. They cast separate ballots for President and Vice-President, and make distinct lists of all persons voted for, showing the number of votes cast for each. These lists they sign and certify in triplicate and securely seal. One copy is transmitted by mail, and one is sent by special messenger to Washington, to the President of the Senate. The other copy is placed in the care of the District Judge at the State capital. The Electors, and the messengers who carry the sealed lists to Washington from each State, receive no compensation for their services, but their expenses are paid by their respective States. On the second Wednesday in February the sealed lists are opened in the presence of both Houses of Congress in joint session at Washington. The votes of the several States, taken in alphabetical order, are read by tellers, and the result is stated by the presiding officer, the Vice-President. A majority of all the votes cast is necessary for an election. What happens when there is a tie in the votes of the members of the Electoral College, or when no one person receives a majority of all the votes therein cast? In case of a tie in the votes of the Electors when counted in Washington, the House of |