Across
1.  Number of votes allowed each state in the event of no majority
5.  Term for electoral votes necessary to be elected
7.  Individuals pledged to their candidate for president
10.  Cast by the presidential electors
13.  Candidates not affiliated with either major political party
15.  Month of the presidential swearing-in ceremony
16.  President of this body opens and reads electoral votes on January 6
18.  Day of the week on which voters cast their vote for president
19.  Selects a president if election yields no winner

Down
2.  Month of the national election
4.  Candidates from a home state
6.  Number of U.S. Senators for each state
8.  Political party meeting to choose presidential candidate
9. Added to the number of senators to determine a state's electoral vote
11.  When the state's electors cast their electoral votes
12.  Democrats, Republicans, Independents
14.  The vote of the people of the United States
17.  When the political parties hold their convention
18.  The slate of the President and Vice-President combined
 

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