Think You Really Vote For President? Think Again. ‘Independent Lens’ Documentary Reveals Electoral College Truth

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This is the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December following a general election. That can only mean one thing — it’s the day members of the Electoral College meet in their respective States to cast votes for president and vice president.

If you did not know that, join the club. Very, very few Americans understand how the Electoral College functions or why it was created, much less key dates on its calendar.

This critical aspect of our government comes under scrutiny in the Oscar-qualified documentary One Person, One Vote? directed by Maximina Juson and produced by Juson and Daresha Kyi.

The film from Independent Lens is now streaming via PBS. “It’s such a complicated system,” Juson tells Deadline. “The more I researched the Electoral College, the more shocked I became that we as Americans are not aware of this and — given this is how we elect the highest official in our land — we deserve this information, understanding, and this knowledge.” Take this eye-opening fact that may flabbergast voters. “The framers [of the Constitution] gave people no right to elect their president,” as Prof.