Americans who went to the polls on election day did not actually choose the president directly.
They were technically voting for 8,538 voters, who meet in their respective states, according to a system determined by the constitution, and vote for president and vice president after the popular vote is counted and certified. Voters are due to meet Monday to vote for the US president.
These voters are collectively referred to as the Electoral College College Ledge, and their votes are then sent to the President of the Senate, who counts them in the joint session of Congress after the new year.
Here’s a look at some of the key dates to the opening day:
14 December
- Voter turnout: By law, this date is the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December. This year it comes on December 14th. Six days after the disputes were settled, voters convened a meeting in their respective states to vote for the U.S. The president is supposed to vote. They certify six sets of votes and will send to Washington. Many states have laws that require their voters to support the winner of their state election and they can charge fines against trusted voters who run their own way.
23 December
- Electoral votes must reach Washington: Certified election votes have nine days to travel from their states to Capitol Hill.
3 Jan.
- New Congress sworn in: Members of the House and new members of the Senate are sworn in in the afternoon. This is the official start of the 117th Congress.
6 January
- Voter count: Members of the House and Senate meet in the House of Commons. The Senate President (then Vice President Mike Pence) presides over the presidency and electoral votes are read and counted in alphabetical order by two appointments from the House and Senate. They then give their accents to Pence, who announces the results and listens to the objections. If there are objections or somehow, if several slates of voters are presented by the state, the House and Senate consider them separately to decide how to count those votes. There are 8,538 electoral votes – three for each congressman and senator, and one for Washington, D.C. For. If a candidate does not get 270, the 435 members of the House decide the election. Every state gets a vote. The House has until noon on January 20 to elect a president. If they can’t, he’ll be the next person to qualify in the line of vice president or presidential succession.
Jan 20
- Opening day: The new president is sworn in in the afternoon. In a disputed election, if the House does not elect a president, but the Senate elects a vice president, the vice president-elect becomes acting president until the House elects one. And if there is no president-elect and no vice-president-elect, the House appoints the president until someone is elected.
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