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.

每位选民在选票的一半处写下一位候选人的名字然后折叠，而红衣主教们则不允许为自己投票。

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.

各州选出总统选举人，选举人将票投给在各州获得最票数的候选人，斯加州和缅因州除外，它们是根据全州的选举结果和获胜选区来分配选举人票数的。

So that's why each elector has two votes.

所以这就是为什么每个选民有票。

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

在南卡罗来纳州和特华州这个州，由立法机关在总统候选人中做选择。

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

那一天非常重要，因为当国会在1月份统计选举人选票时，它必须接受在这个截止日期之前认证的选民。

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

一个州的人口，州的选举团成员人数就。

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.

各州选出总统选举人，选举人将票投给在各州获得最票数的候选人，斯加州和缅因州除外，它们是根据全州的选举结果和获胜选区来分配选举人票数的。

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

人口最的州，其选举人数和选举票数也是最的。

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

选举人将从地区选出。

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选民票数时主持会议。

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

没错。但美国公民并不是直接选举总统，而是选出选举人。

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

12月14日，选举团选举人正式投票，确认拜登获胜。

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

只要赢得这些大州的支持，就能大幅增加选民数量，而这正是获胜的关键。

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，就总统选举而言，剩下的小地区仍将被视为一个完整的州，并能够任命三名选举人进入选举人团。

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.

周一的指控涉及特朗普等人在 2020 年大选后的行为，称特朗普的团队涉嫌误导乔治亚州官员，组织假选民，骚扰选举工作人员，并破坏乔治亚州乡县的选举设备。

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，这一策略导致了混乱，美国各地选出选举人的时间不同，选举活动就像“用一条碎缝成的被单一样”。

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，被萨克森选帝侯“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名选民将开会。这应是在1月20日前让乔·拜登成为下一任总统的最终决定。最后一分钟有什么变化吗？

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，共和党在州的主要工作人员组织了一批新的特朗普选举人，以在国会认证投票期间扰乱权力交接。

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的投票也遇到了同样的问题，委员会中的共和党人投票选举了共和党人。