How are the members of the Electoral College selected?

Answer 1

Each state is entitled to a number of Electors equal to the number of the Repesentatives and Senators it is entitled to. Washington DC is given 3 electoral votes even though it has no Representatives or Senators. The total number of electors is 538, which is why 270 electoral votes are needed to win. The Electoral College is made up of men and women who are chosen by each state's political parties to be the electors for that party's candidate. Shortly after the national Republican and Democratic Conventions, when the actual candidate for each party is determined, the State Republican and Democratic Committees meet separately to choose their respective electors. New Jersey has 15 electoral votes. The State Republican Party has chosen 15 persons to be its electors and the State Democratic Committee has chosen its own 15 persons to be the Democratic electors. If the Republican candidate wins the popular vote in NJ, all 15 Republican electors get to cast their votes for their candidate. If the Democratic candidate wins, then all 15 of the Democratic electors get to cast their votes. The Electoral College does not meet in a single place at the same time the way Congress meets. Each state's electors meet within their own states to cast their votes. The electoral votes are then transmitted to Congress to be counted.

Answer 2

Each state has its own laws governing the selection process. It is usually a process handled by each political party internally and separately. New Jersey law provides that within one week after the close of a political party's national convention, the State committee of that party is to meet for the purpose of nominating persons to be electors. The state committe members nominate certain people to be electors then the committee members vote on them. The process is similar to primary elections in te sense that only Democratic state committee members can vote for Democratic electors and Republican committee members for Republican electors. The general voting public does not take part in this process. Look at your written presidential voting ballot if you get one. You will see the name of the person you are really voting for somewhere underneath the name of the candidate you want. That person is the one you are voting for and if elected he or she has no constitutional obligation to vote for the person you expect him to vote for. they are selected by the voters of each state -nova net

Answer 3

----they are selected by the voters of each state (novanet)----

Answer 4

The electors in each state are elected in the presidential election and swear in advance to vote for the presidential candidate who wins the election in their state.