They might not be able to vote just yet, but students were still able to experience their own Election Day. Bethany Ulrick tells us how the Electoral College came to life at Bath Middle School. Bath students from grades 4 to 8 had an assembly to watch and participate in a mock election, complete with candidate impersonators and even the Secret Service. Students and staff serving as electors from all 50 states and Washington, D.C. demonstrated how votes are counted under the Electoral College. Each state came up to declare its results until one person reached 270 votes and was chosen as the next president.

A professor from Ohio Northern University will write a five article opinion series on the electoral college. Robert Alexander is a political science professor at Ohio Northern University, and is also the founding director of the Institute for Civics and Public Policy.

The ruling means states can enforce electors to cast their votes for candidates they promised to support. In other words, they have to vote based on what the state law is. 33 states and Washington D.C. have laws requiring electors to vote for their party candidate but half of them don't have a penalty. An Ohio Northern University professor whose research helped find a resolution says this stems from an unprecedented 2016 election. Ten electors voted unfaithful to their pledge. Ultimately, states allow unfaithful electors could cause a shakeup to the presidential election.

Back on May 13th, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving faithless electors in the Electoral College, and if they are bound by their state's law to vote for the candidate who has the popular will of that state, or if electors can vote independently.

Students at Ohio Northern University used their class time to take a closer look at the Electoral College with an author who has spent a lot of time researching it.