THE NEW YORK TIMES FOR KIDS So … How Does the Electoral College Work, Again? It’s weird. It’s confusing. It’s how we elect the president. The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution 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 process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of…