Media announce elections results in US not electoral commission

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Media networks are the platforms that announce elections results and declare winners of elections in the U.S., rather than the election commission, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC) disclosed this on Thursday to a correspondent of NAN participating in the U.S. 2016 General Elections Embed Programme. Two Nigerian journalists from NAN and Channels Television are among the 24 participants at the programme drawn from 15 countries.The programme is being administered by the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) and sponsored by the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Press Centres and U.S. Embassy Posts.Christian Hilland, Deputy Press Officer of FEC told NAN that the commission did not tabulate or announce winners of elections. But unless the election that close, it’s clear who wins; the margin does not usually affect the outcome of the election,” he said.NAN reports that the U.S. presidential candidates are elected by a group of 538 members of the Electoral College and not by a popular vote.NAN also reports that while the president-elect would already be known on Nov. 8 through exit polling, the Electoral College would officially meet in December to formally vote for the candidates.