After months of campaigning, a candidate swap and plenty more news, Election Day is here and votes are being counted. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are facing off to ...

If you ever watched Saturday morning cartoons and "Schoolhouse Rock," you may be familiar with taking your vote to college – the Electoral College. As the 2024 Presidential Election comes to a close, ...

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The Electoral College has received a lot of attention of late, leading many to question why it exists — and what it would take to remove it. In two of the six presidential elections conducted this ...

So, you’ve made sure your voter registration is up-to-date, and you’re feeling prepared to vote for your pick of President and Vice President in the next U.S. general election. You’ve been told, and ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. The way it functions today — with electors acting as proxies for voters — is nothing ...

Every presidential election cycle, constitutional law expert Alison LaCroix can count on people asking her one question when they learn what she does for a living. “Why do we have the Electoral ...

The presidential election is less than a week away, but there is more than one step to choosing the country’s next leader thanks to the Electoral College. While all other races are determined by ...

Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, remained silent Thursday on whether he still supports eliminating the Electoral College, after the Harris campaign ...

To become president, a candidate must win 270 electoral votes. If the candidates tie at 269 electors each, the election turns to the House of Representatives. After all the ballots in this year’s ...