After the election is called, each state’s votes will be used to indicate which slate of electors voters want to appoint for the Electoral College vote. When voters submit their ballots on Election Day, they are actually determining which candidates’ and state parties’ electors they want to vote in the Electoral College. Once everyone has voted and the election winners in each state are called, the state’s executive is expected to prepare a certificate of Ascertainment of appointment of electors, which names the electors and the votes cast. The certificates must be issued at least six days before the Electoral College vote in mid-December.
