[20201022]IF11641_选举团：2020年总统选举时间表.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated October 22, 2020The Electoral College: A 2020 Presidential Election TimelineEvery four years, the election process for President and Vice President follows a familiar timeline of events. At the same time, a related series of procedures governing electoral college actions proceeds on a parallel track. This report focuses on the electoral college timeline for the 2020 presidential election. For additional information on the electoral college, see CRS Report RL32611, The Electoral College: How It Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections, by Thomas H. Neale. The 2020 Nomination and Election Campaign Timeline In a presidential election year, campaigns for the nations highest offices include a number of sequential processes and events that take place over a period that may begin years before election day. Broadly defined, these include the informal campaign of candidate declarations, fundraising, organizing, and intraparty debates (various start times through February of the election year); the formal nomination campaign, in which candidates contest nominating caucuses and primaries (February-July); the national party conventions, where the pre