Electoral College (United States)

In the United States, the President of the Confederacy is elected by a College of Electors (also called "Electoral College"). This body is composed of a number of electors chosen in each State by the electorate thereof, and counting these eighteen State-based-groups of electors collectively is what is meant by "'college' of electors" and "electoral 'college'". A member of this body are styled, "presidential elector", and the number of electors to which any given State is entitled is equal the combined number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which that State is entitled: As every State is guaranteed at least one Representative in Congress, and as each State is entitled to three Senators in Congress, every State is entitled to choose no less than four presidential electors. However, the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for the United States affords the right of choosing electors exclusively to the several States &mdash;non-State places that are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, such as New Adana, the territories, and other federal dependencies are constitutionally prohibited from participating in electing the President of the United States.

In electing the President, the candidate that has the votes of a simple majority of the entire college ("absolute majority") is elected President. Occasionally this has led to run-off elections in elections involving three or more contenders as the USNA presidential electoral system does not allow for choosing the President by plurality voting, also known as the "first-past-the-post", or "FPTP", system. In fact, the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for the United States specifically requires that the President be chosen by majority vote of the college, to the complete exclusion of all other voting methods. In the case of a tie between two candidates, then the decision is forwarded to a joint special session of the Congress, where the Senate and House of Representatives assemble as one body; and in choosing from the two candidates the President, the joint session of Congress vote by State –the Senators and Representatives of each State forming one, combined, State delegation– with the combined delegation from each State having one vote, where the vote of the majority of the State's combined delegation is determined the vote of that State; and no candidate shall be elected President without having received the votes of a majority of the States.