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Pennsylvania. Electoral College

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Pennsylvania Electoral College Collection

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Identifier: 2018.022
Scope and Contents The Electoral College is a group of citizens (known as electors) appointed by the voters in each state to cast votes for the President and Vice President of the United States on behalf of the state's citizens. It was created to ensure that each state has a role in selecting the President. In casting a vote for President, a Pennsylvania voter is actually voting for a candidate’s slate of Presidential electors. The winning candidate’s electors represent Pennsylvania at the meeting of the...
Dates: 1980 - 2005; Acquisition: 2018-10-22