text: The start of the Electoral College is well handingly choosing the electors, which consists of 538 electors each of course must be qualified. Most of 270 electoral votes are required to elect the president. The number of members in its Congressional delegation is equal to the entitled allotment of electors in your state, one is for each member in the house of Representatives plus two for the Senators. For the purposes of Electoral College, Columbia District is allowed 3 electors and is treat like a state. and when i say "state" for this topic i mean the District of Columbia.