• Electoral College - from the National Archives and Records Administration's Office of the Federal Register, which coordinates the functions of the Electoral College on behalf of the American people. Site provides a collection of statistics and information about past and present presidential elections and an electoral college calculator.
• The Electoral College: How it Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections - a Congressional Research Service publication, authored by analyst Thomas H. Neale, detailing the workings of the electoral college.
• Electoral College: How States Select Electors - provides table detailing how electors are chosen, whether names appear on the ballot, and whether they are bound by law to vote for candidate receiving popular vote.
• How the Electoral College Works - explanation from ABC News
• Overview of Electoral College Procedure and the Role of Congress - Congressional Research Service memorandum from the House of Representative's Committee on House Administration.
• Texas Secretary of State - explanation of the electoral college.

History

• A Brief History of the Electoral College - from the Federal Election Commission, source includes pros and cons of the electoral college process (20 page document in PDF format).
• ElectionCentral: A History of Presidential Elections - HistoryCentral.com's user-friendly explanation of election history.
• Federalist Papers #68 - Alexander Hamilton's explanation of how presidents are chosen.
• U.S. Congressional Documents: Presidential Elections and the Electoral College - from the Library of Congress's American Memory: A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: US Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1873.

Legal

• Election Law Blog: by law school professor and author Rick Hasen.

Statistics

• The Distribution of Electoral College Votes - displays a table showing electoral college vote distribution amongst states in 1981-1990 and 1991-2000.
• Election Statistics - a collection of official vote counts for federal elections from states and terrritories from 1920 to present. Site is maintained the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• US Census Bureau - electoral votes by state based on 2000 census population statistics. Also includes national and state voter trends.

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