Choose the statements that correctly describe the electoral college. 1. not all states get the same number of electoral votes. 2. there are 538 members of the electoral college. 3. members of congress are part of the electoral college. 4. to become president, a candidate must get a majority of the electoral votes. 5. a candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win an election. 6. the electoral college is used the elect all national government offices.

the united states constitution is the supreme law of the united states. the constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. its first three articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powers, whereby the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislative, consisting of the bicameral congress; the executive, consisting of the president; and the judicial, consisting of the supreme court and other federal courts. articles four, five and six embody concepts of federalism, describing the rights and responsibilities of state governments, the states in relationship to the federal government, and the shared process of constitutional amendment. article seven establishes the procedure subsequently used by the thirteen states to ratify it. it is regarded as the oldest written and codified national constitution in force.