US Electoral College Faces Sharp Scrutiny Ahead Of Trump’s Formal Endorsement

Often misunderstood and frequently maligned, the U.S. Electoral College is typically an institution that goes about its work every four years with little fanfare and even less scrutiny. Not this year. The college, a group of 538 people from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., will formally elect the 45th president of the United States “on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December,” as laid out by U.S. law. That meeting this year will be Monday (December 19), and...

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