Electoral College to cast your votes Monday

The voters spoke last month by electing Democrat Barack Obama as president.

Election boards throughout the country have certified the results of that Nov. 4 election, some quicker than others.

But as those who paid attention in civics class know, it’s the vote of the Electoral College that determines the next president.

For those who didn’t know that, don’t worry.

The system is set up so that if a Democrat wins in a state, the members of the Electoral College in that state are Democrats selected earlier in the year through a vote of a small group of Democratic loyalists. It’s the same for Republicans in states where John McCain, that party’s presidential nominee, won.

In the Electoral College’s history, more than 99 percent of the electors voted as pledged.

At noon Monday, the 20 members of Ohio’s Electoral College will meet in the Ohio Senate chambers in the Statehouse in Columbus to vote for Obama as president and Joe Biden as vice president.

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