The day after registering, I sent out a mass email scrounging for votes. One Chinese and one expat friend each quickly asked if I wanted them to rig a computer to continuously cast votes for me.

注册当天我群发了一封邮件拉票，马上就有一位中国朋友和一位在华居住的老外朋友问我要不要设置一台电脑不停地给我投票。

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Each voter can vote for only one candidate, and the candidate who receives the largest number of votes is elected.

每个选民只能投一个候选人的票，得票最多的候选人当选。

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Each state legislature is also to decide how its electoral votes consisting of one for each congressional and senatorial seat in the state shall be cast.

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Under the system, each state receives votes equal to the number of representatives it has in the House plus one for each of its senators.

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That combination of states adds up to 269 votes for each candidate -- and that's just one of several realistic scenarios yielding the same outcome.

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