50-THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH BAIL.
POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR
ROLON- ARROYO.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T
VOTE EARLY, WILL GO TO THE POLLS
TOMORROW.
22NEWS REPORTER DAVID MCKAY
EXPLAINS EXACTLY HOW YOUR VOTE
IS COUNTED IN
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM.
IF YOU DON'T RECALL FROM YOUR
POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASS IN HIGH
SCHOOL OR HAVE
NEVER VOTED... HERE IS A
REFRESHER ON HOW THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE WORKS.
ON TUESDAY, VOTERS WILL CAST
THEIR BALLOTS FOR THE 45TH
PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHEN
YOU
VOTE. YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY VOTING
FOR THE CANDIDATE DIRECTLY.
IT'S THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE THAT
ACTUALLY ELECTS THE PRESIDENT.
IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION IN 1789.
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE HAS ALWAYS
BEEN THE DECIDING FACTOR IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
YOU NEED 270 ELECTORAL VOTES TO
WIN AND THERE ARE 538 AT PLAY.
EACH STATE IS AWARDED AS MANY
ELECTORS AS ITS NUMBER OF
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.
EACH STATE HAS TWO SENATORS AND
AT
LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, WHICH MEANS THE
LEAST ELECTORAL VOTES ONE STATE
CAN HOLD IS THREE.
MASSACHUSETTS HAS 9 CONGRESSMAN
AND TWO SENATORS SO THERE ARE
ELEVEN
ELECTORAL VOTES.
TYPICALLY PARTY OFFICIALS WHO
HAVE BEEN PLEDGED
TO CAST A BALLOT FOR A
PARTICULAR CANDIDATE IN THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
CANDIDATES HAVE TO WIN THE MOST
VOTES IN A STATE, TO GET ALL OF
THE ELECTORAL
VOTES IN THAT STATE.
MAINE AND NEBRASKA ARE THE ONLY
TWO IN WHICH THE VOTES ARE
ALLOCATED
PROPORTIONALLY WHICH MEANS EVEN
IF YOU DON'T WIN THE POPULAR
VOTE, YOU
CAN WIN AN ELECTORAL VOTE IF YOU
DO WELL ENOUGH.
WE HAVE AN INTERACTIVE MAP WITH
HOW DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF
ELECTORAL VOTES WILL AFFECT THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE AT WWLP.COM
