Each elector writes the name of one candidate on the lower half of the ballot and fold it in half, cardinals are not allowed to vote for themselves.

每位民在半处写下位候人名字然后折叠，而红衣主教们则不允许为自己投。

Each state the empowers the electors who represent the candidate who won the most votes except Nebraska and Maine, who award electors based on a combination of statewide results and districts won.

各州出总统举人，举人将投给在各州得最多数候人，内布拉斯加州和缅因州除外，它们是根据全州举结果和区来分配举人数。

So that's why each elector has two votes.

所以这就是为什么每个民有。

In two states -- South Carolina and Delaware -- the legislature chose the presidential electors.

在南卡罗来纳州和特拉华州这个州，由立法机关在总统候人中做择。

It's extremely important because when Congress needs to tally the electoral votes in January, it must accept the electors certified before this deadline.

那天非常重要，因为当国会在1月份统计举人时，它必须接受在这个截止日期之前认证民。

The higher a state's population, the more electors it has.

个州人口越多，该州举团成员人数就越多。

Each state that empowers the electors who represent the candidate who won the most votes, except Nebraska and Maine who award electors based on a combination of statewide results and districts won.

各州出总统举人，举人将投给在各州得最多数候人，内布拉斯加州和缅因州除外，它们是根据全州举结果和区来分配举人数。

The states with the most population have the most electors and the most electoral votes.

人口最多州，其举人数和举数也是最多。

The electors would be chosen from districts set up for this purpose.

举人将从地区出。

Mr. Pence will preside when, next week when Congress counts the electors' votes.

彭斯先生将在下周国会统计民数时主持会议。

Yes. But Americans do not directly choose their president, they choose electors.

没错。但美国公民并不是直接举总统，而是出举人。

On December 14, the Electoral College electors officially cast their ballots-certifying Biden's win.

12月14日，举团举人正式投，确认拜登。

Their electors add up quickly. And the number of electors is what really matters.

只要赢得这些大州支持，就能大幅增加民数量，而这正是关键。

And that means that for the purposes of presidential elections, the tiny district remaining would still be treated as a full state and be able to appoint three electors to the Electoral College.

这意味着，就总统举而言，剩下小地区仍将被视为个完整州，并能够任命三名举人进入举人团。

Monday's charges concern Trump and others' conduct after the 2020 election and say that Trump's team allegedly misled state officials in Georgia, organized fake electors, harassed an election worker, and breached election equipment in rural Georgia County.

周指控涉及特朗普等人在 2020 年大后行为，称特朗普团队涉嫌误导乔治亚州官员，组织假民，骚扰举工作人员，并破坏乔治亚州乡县举设备。

In 2012, Senate historian Don Ritchie told NPR that that strategy resulted in chaos, a " crazy quilt of elections" held all across the country at different times to pick the electors.

2012 年，参议院历史学家唐纳德·里奇告诉美国国家公共电台，这策略导致了混乱，美国各地出举人时间不同，举活动就像“用条碎布缝成被单样”。

Seized by Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony, after he crossed Prussia's frontier, Bottger was imprisoned and ordered to conjure up treasure-and, in a sense, he did.

博特格在穿过普鲁士边界后，被萨克森帝侯“强者”奥古斯图斯抓住囚禁了起来，并被命令创造出宝藏，而从某种意义上来说，他做到了。

Tomorrow, 538 electors are supposed to meet. That is supposed to be the ultimate decision on making Joe Biden our next president by January 20th. Any last-minute twists?

明天，538名民将开会。这应该是在1月20日前让乔·拜登成为下任总统最终决定。最后分钟有什么变化吗？

Nonetheless, leading Republican operatives in the state assembled a new slate of Trump electors to disrupt the transfer of power during Congress's certification of the vote.

尽管如此，共和党在该州主要工作人员组织了批新特朗普举人，以在国会认证投期间扰乱权力交接。

The same thing happened with the disputed votes of Louisiana and South Carolina. The Republicans on the committee voted to count the Republican electors.

路易斯安那州和南卡罗来纳州有争议投也遇到了同样问题，委员会中共和党人投举了共和党人。