12/19/16 Meeting of Florida Presidential Electors

At this meeting, Florida’s presidential electors cast Florida’s 29 votes in the Electoral College for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States. The Electoral College is a process established in the Constitution by the founding fathers as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. 

The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President.