The 44th President-elect of the United States of America has been nominated to be Barak Obama. The goal to reach 270 electoral votes was acheived at 11:00 p.m. on November 4th, 2008. The final projected count was Barak Obama 338 Electoral Votes, John McCain 163 Electoral Votes. The result of the popularity votes was Barak Obama 62,419,768 to John McCain’s 55,363,122; 52% to 47%. Don’t consider this game over yet, the Electoral College won’t vote until Dec. 15, 2008.

The Commander and Cheif of our nation is not decided entirely on the popular vote of the nation, but by the number of electoral votes. The vote that you made yesterday, whether it was in Citrus county, Florida or in Hernando county, Florida, is only what helps to decide how Florida’s Electoral College delegates will vote.

In Florida, presidential electors are nominated by the governor of the state. It is required that the presidential electors vote for the candidate that wins the state. There is no Electoral College Campus, as a matter of fact the electoral college never even meets as a group. They do, however, meet at the individual state capitals on the first Monday after the second Wednesday of December to cast their ballots. On January 6th those votes are counted during a joint session of Congress.

There is such a thing as a “faithless elector”. A “faithless elector” is one who does not vote for the candidate that they pledged to vote for. Although a majority of the states have laws to punish these types of electors, some states still count these votes in the final tally.

Even though, Barak Obama is the 44th President-elect, don’t count your chickens before they hatch, this is only based on the projected count. The solid ballots will not be known until January 6th of 2009!

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