Ndị ntuli aka America na-ahọrọ onye isi ha ọ bụghị site na votu a ma ama, kama site na kọleji Electoral enigmatic.
A na-ahọrọ ndị isi ala na United States ọ bụghị site na votu a ma ama, kama site na usoro akpọrọ Electoral College.
Nke ọ bụla n'ime steeti 50 na Washington DC nwere ọnụọgụ ntuli aka nke Electoral College nke na-aga onye ndoro-ndoro ochichi nke meriri ọtụtụ votu a ma ama n'ebe ahụ. Onye meriri n'ọtụtụ vootu 538 nke Electoral College ga-abụ onye isi ala na-esote.
A na-ekpebi ọnụọgụ ndị ntuli aka na steeti ọ bụla site n'ọnụọgụ ndị ọrụ steeti ahụ nwere na Ụlọ Nnọchiteanya - nhata na ọnụ ọgụgụ steeti ahụ - gbakwunyere ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị Sineti sitere na steeti ahụ. Steeti ọ bụla nwere ndị omebe iwu abụọ, n'agbanyeghị ọnụ ọgụgụ mmadụ.
Dịka ọmụmaatụ, California nwere ọnụ ọgụgụ kasị ukwuu na steeti ọ bụla, nde mmadụ 37. Ọ na-eziga ndị òtù 53 na Ụlọ Ndị Nnọchiteanya na abụọ na Senate; ya mere o nwere 55 ntuli aka.
Usoro a na-apụtaghị ìhè nke ịhọpụta onye isi ala bụ n'usoro iwu US. E hiwere ya ihe karịrị afọ 200 gara aga n'ihi na ndị na-emepụta iwu chọrọ ka ndị okenye nye nlele maka votu a ma ama. Obodo kacha nta, Wyoming, nke nwere mmadụ 568,000, nwere nanị 3 ntuli aka ntuli aka.
N'ihi ya, usoro nhoputa ndi ochichi anaghị egosipụtakarị uche ndị mmadụ. Na 2000, Democrat Al Gore nwetara votu karịa Republican George W Bush, ma Bush meriri na Electoral College: 271 na Gore's 266. Bush ghọrọ onyeisi oche na-esote.
Na steeti niile ma ewezuga abụọ, onye ndoro-ndoro ochichi nke meriri votu a ma ama na-ewere votu ntuli aka steeti ahụ niile. Nebraska na Maine na-eji nnochi anya nha anya, na-ekenye otu votu ntuli aka nye onye meriri na mpaghara ọgbakọ ọgbakọ ọ bụla yana abụọ ọzọ nye onye meriri votu steeti niile. N'afọ 2008, Nebraska kewara ndị ntuli aka ya maka oge mbụ, na-enye Republican John McCain vootu anọ na otu onye Democrat Barack Obama.
Usoro ịhọpụta ndị ntuli aka na-adịgasị iche site na steeti gaa na steeti, mana n'ozuzu, ndị ntuli aka bụ ndị na-akwado pati a họpụtara na mgbakọ pati steeti. Ndị ntuli aka ahụ ga-ezukọ na Disemba 17 na steeti ha n'otu n'otu iji mee ntuli aka emume. Mgbe ahụ, ọgbakọ omebe iwu nke 113 nke US ga-ezukọ na Jenụwarị 3, 2013, iji gbakọọ votu ntuli aka n'ihu ọha.
Onye ọ bụla nhọpụta na-atụ otu votu maka onyeisi oche na otu maka osote onye isi ala. Steeti iri abụọ na asaa na Washington DC chọrọ ka ndị ntuli aka mee ntuli aka ka ndị steeti ahụ si eme ntuli aka.
N'okwu a na-atụghị anya ya na Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Electoral jikọtara 269-269, Ụlọ Ndị Nnọchiteanya ga-ekpebi onyeisi oche na-esote na Senate ga-votu maka osote onye isi oche.
Mana mgbe ntuli aka onye isi ala 56 gasịrị, kọleji Electoral nwere naanị otu ugboro. N'afọ 1800, Ụlọ Ndị Nnọchiteanya kpebiri ime Thomas Jefferson ka ọ bụrụ onyeisi oche na-esote.
(Al Jazeera)
