Electoral College Reform

Facts:
1. Undemocratic is one type of criticism of the Electoral College.
2. The electoral college is malapportioned, because each state gets two electoral votes, regardless of the states population.
3. During the presidential election in 2000, about 2% of all the ballots cast were not counted.
4. Gore had 51 million popular votes and Bush had 50.5 million popular votes.
5. Many states have passed laws requiring electors to honor their pledge to the candidate who selected them.
6. Federal judges are not elected at all.
7. The invention of the Electoral College also reflected concerns about the adminstability of a nationwide popular election that have no current validity.
8. If Presidents were elected by popular vote, a nationwide recount might have been unavoidable in 2000.
9. All states now select their Presidential electors by popular vote.
10. No defection by electors has yet swung an election.

Questions:
1. How many people are in the Electoral College?
2. How long do they stay in the Electoral College for?
3. Who selects the people in the Electoral College?
4. What is the point of the popular votes, if becoming a President does not depend on it?
5. What are the requirements to join the Electoral College?