where and when do electoral college electors vote

Electoral College electors do not vote in Washington, D.C. as a single national body; they meet and vote in each of their own states (and in Washington, D.C.) on a specific day in December set by federal law.

When electors vote

• Federal law requires all states’ electors to vote on the same day: the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December following the November presidential election.

• In recent cycles, this has fallen in mid‑December , a little more than a month after Election Day in early November.

Where electors meet and vote

• Electors meet in their own state (or D.C.) , not as one national group; they usually gather at the state capital , often in or near the state capitol building.

• At that meeting, they cast separate ballots for president and vice president , and their choices are recorded on official Certificates of Vote that are then sent to Congress and the National Archives.

What happens after they vote

• The Certificates of Vote from all states and D.C. are opened and counted in a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C., usually on January 6 following the electors’ December meeting.

• The vice president, acting as president of the Senate, presides over this count and formally announces who has been elected president and vice president.

TL;DR: Electors vote in their own states (and D.C.) , typically in the state capital , on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December after the election; their votes are later counted in Congress in early January.

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