text: Another fact is that under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. Just think of it this way state legislatures are trechnically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people. For example perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In that case, the election would then be thrown to the House of Respresentatives, where state delegations vote on the president and the senate would choose the vice president. so basically if there were to be a tie in the electoral vote you wouldn't even have a vote in who you're voting for.