The famous electors of the electoral college will finally vote on Monday, so how does it all work?

WE ARE NOW IN THE MIDDLE of America’s presidential transition and Monday is a crucial day as part of the process.

On Monday, voters will officially meet to cast their vote for the presidency, essentially securing Joe Biden’s inauguration next month.

When American voters cast their ballots on November 3, they did not directly elect the next president, but 538 “electors” charged with selecting the president.

Anyone who has paid attention to the US elections will know that winning the presidency is about having the required number (270) of electors or votes in the electoral college.

The number of electoral college votes each state has is based on the number of representatives it has in Congress, which in turn is based on population.

For example, there are 39 voters in Texas, 55 in California, and three in Wyoming.

In all but two states, when a candidate in the presidential election gets the most votes in the state, he gets all the electoral college votes in that state.

Voters can only be formally elected when a state has “certified” its election results. This effectively means when a state says it has finished counting and has declared a winner.

Donald Trump’s campaign has launched dozens of legal actions in various states in an attempt to stop the count or force the count with little success for the president of the United States.

Of the roughly 50 lawsuits filed across the country challenging the Nov. 3 vote, Trump has lost more than 35 and the rest are pending.

The process to make Biden president passed a major milestone last Tuesday with the deadline for states to certify their results.

Then next Monday is the day voters meet in their respective states to cast their votes.

Actually, the day is written into the law saying that voters have to vote “on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December.” This year it falls on December 14th.

Voters include South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, a Trump constituent who could be a Republican presidential candidate in 2024, and Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, her party’s 2018 candidate for governor and a key player in Biden’s victory in the state.

Voters are required to vote for the person certified by their state and there are penalties if they do not follow those instructions.

After voters cast their votes, the votes have nine days to reach the Capitol.

The calendar calls for the votes to reach Capitol Hill in time for the new Congress to be sworn in on January 3.

Three days later, members of the House of Representatives and the Senate meet to read and count the votes.

Therefore, Congress is tasked with electing the president based on those votes before inauguration day on January 20.