Question: Who elect the president of the united states?

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context: The election of the president and the vice president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not directly for those offices, but instead for members of the [[Electoral College (United States). These electors then in turn cast direct votes, known as electoral votes, for [[president of the United States|president]], and for [[vice president of the United States|vice president]]. The candidate who receives an [[Majority of the entire membership|absolute majority]] of electoral votes (at least 270 out of a total of 538, since the [[Twenty-Third Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-Third Amendment]] granted voting rights to citizens of D.C.) is then elected to that office. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of the votes for president, the [[House of Representatives of the United States|House of Representatives]] chooses the winner; if no one receives an absolute majority of the votes for vice president, then the [[United States Senate|Senate]] chooses the winner.
question: Who casts indirect ballots to elect the president of the united states?
short_answers: citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C.
wikipage: United States presidential election

context: The election of the president and the vice president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not directly for those offices, but instead for members of the [[Electoral College (United States). These electors then in turn cast direct votes, known as electoral votes, for [[president of the United States|president]], and for [[vice president of the United States|vice president]]. The candidate who receives an [[Majority of the entire membership|absolute majority]] of electoral votes (at least 270 out of a total of 538, since the [[Twenty-Third Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-Third Amendment]] granted voting rights to citizens of D.C.) is then elected to that office. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of the votes for president, the [[House of Representatives of the United States|House of Representatives]] chooses the winner; if no one receives an absolute majority of the votes for vice president, then the [[United States Senate|Senate]] chooses the winner.
question: Who casts direct votes to elect the president of the united states?
short_answers: electors

members of the Electoral College
wikipage: United States presidential election

Long answers:
knowledge: content: In 48 of the 50 states, state laws mandate the winner of the plurality of its statewide popular vote shall receive all of that state's electors
wikipage: United States Electoral College
long_answer: The election of the president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C. cast ballots not directly for this office but instead for members of the Electoral College. These members of the Electoral College then in turn cast direct votes, known as electoral votes, for president of the United States. In 48 of the 50 states in the U.S., state laws mandate the winner of the plurality of its statewide popular vote shall receive all of that state's electoral votes. The candidate who then receives an absolute majority of the electoral votes, at least 270 out of a total of 538, is elected president of the United States. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of the votes for president, the House of Representatives of the United States chooses the winner.