What do electors do after voters cast ballots?

They cast votes for President and Vice President

After voters cast ballots, the electors chosen by each state go to their state capitals and cast official ballots for President and for Vice President. These electoral votes, not the nationwide popular tally, determine the state’s contribution to the outcome and are later sent to Congress to be counted. The electors aren’t tallying nationwide votes, nor selecting electors again after the vote, and they don’t publicly announce the national winner—the Congress does when it counts the electoral votes.

They tally the total number of votes nationwide

They select the electors who will vote next

They announce the final national winner to the public

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