“There is no Constitutional provision or Federal law that requires Electors to vote according to the results of the popular vote in their States.”-U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

When I was a kid in the 1970s it always amazed me that the U.S. media would call the winner of a Presidential election before all the voters had voted (especially people in Hawaii or Guam).  And this was back in the day before electronic voting.

It is simply a logistical impossibility to count all the individual popular votes within a 24 hour period, even with electronic voting.  So how can the U.S. media declare the winner, and who died and made the U.S. media the decider of the elections?

Add to that the confusing fact that we the popular voters don’t really elect the President.  It’s called the Electoral College (Shadow Voters), and they don’t even vote until December!

Now throw in the fact that there is no Federal law dictating how electors vote!  Some states require their electors to vote according to the popular vote, other states require their electors to vote according to what ever is the dominant political party in that state.  Some states even fine electors if they vote against the dominate political party, and the U.S. Supreme Court approves!

Back to the fact the the Shadow Voters vote on a day in December, a day picked   by the U.S. Congress.  Knowing that how electors vote depends on the laws of their state, and that they don’t even vote until December, then (again) how can the main stream U.S. media declare the new President shortly after the popular vote elections?