It is currently maintained by the Colombian Navy, and overseen by the state's Maritime Authority.

It is currently maintained by the Colombian Navy, and overseen by the state's Maritime Authority.

Generally, the ticket that wins the most votes in a state wins all of that state's electoral votes and thus has its slate of electors chosen to vote in the Electoral College.

This compromise had the effect of increasing the political power of slave-holding states by increasing their share of seats in the House of Representatives, and consequently their share in the Electoral College ( where a state's influence over the election of the President is tied to the size of its congressional delegation ).

Generally, the ticket that wins the most votes in a state wins all of that state's electoral votes and thus has its slate of electors chosen to vote in the Electoral College.

The separate ballots for President and Vice President became something of a moot issue later in the 19th century when it became the norm for popular elections to determine a state's Electoral College delegation.

Florida Agricultural College became the state's first land-grant college under the Morrill Act.

Because the allocation of electoral votes is independent of each state's turnout, the Electoral College neutralizes the effect of all such turnout disparities between states.

The state's largest public university, the University of Kentucky, operates a branch campus of its College of Engineering at WKCTC.

Founded in 1889 as the Georgia Normal and Industrial College for Women, Georgia College and State University has since grown to become the state's premier public liberal arts university.

The town is home to a campus of Northwest-Shoals Community College ( the state's first junior college ).

In 1973 State College adopted a home rule charter which took effect in 1976 ; since that time, it has not been governed by the state's Borough Code, although it retains " Borough of State College " as its official name.

On February 26, 1957, Governor G. Mennen Williams signed into law a bill making Western Michigan College the state's fourth public university.

A total of eleven Bowdoin graduates have ascended to the Maine governorship, and three graduates of the College currently sit on the state's highest court.

A total of eleven Bowdoin graduates have ascended to the Maine governorship, and three graduates of the College currently sit on the state's highest court.

Providence College ( also known as Providence or " PC ") is a private, coeducational, Roman Catholic university located about two miles west of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, United States, the state's capital city.

The school houses the state's only law and medical schools and the lone College of Fine Arts.

By the United States Electoral College for presidential elections, all of a state's votes go to the winning candidate for that state, no matter how close the margin was ( Maine and Nebraska excepted ).

Santa Clara College, forerunner of Santa Clara University, was first to open its doors to students and thus is the state's oldest operating institution of higher education.

The decennial apportionment also determines the size of each state's representation in the U. S. Electoral College — that is, any state's number of electors equals the size of its total congressional delegation ( i. e., House seat ( s ) plus Senate seats ).

He embarked on a demanding schedule of personal appearances to make Colorado Agricultural College known as an institution that served the state's needs.

It is also customary for alumni and supporters of the state's main universities ( the University of South Carolina, Clemson University, Francis Marion University, the College of Charleston, and The Citadel ) to display the state flag in their school colors.

Smith became the Presidential Elector in the Electoral College for Maryland in 1789, then a member of state's senate from 1793 to 1795, and finally a member of Maryland's house of delegates from 1796 to 1800.

Johann August Sutter ( February 15, 1803 – June 18, 1880 ) was a Swiss pioneer of California known for his association with the California Gold Rush by the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall and the mill making team at Sutter's Mill, and for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento, the state's capital.

Calhoun further aggravated the President in the summer of 1831 when he issued his " Fort Hill Letter ", in which he outlined the constitutional basis for a state's ability to nullify an act of Congress.

The county was the site of historical events at Mendota that defined the state's future, including providing materials for the construction of Fort Snelling across the river and the signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux which ceded land from the native Dakota nation for the Minnesota Territory.

Part of the land ceded by the Creek Nation in the Treaty of Fort Wilkinson in 1802 was used to create Baldwin County on May 11, 1803, by the Georgia General Assembly, the state's legislative body.

Many of the notable and historic buildings in Fort Payne date from this period of economic growth, including the state's oldest standing theater, the Fort Payne Opera House ; the former factory of the Hardware Manufacturing Company ( today known as the W. B.

Current reports sight the basilisk as far north as Fort Pierce, on the state's East Coast, where small groups have crept up the North Fork of the Saint Lucie River.

The highway's northern terminus is east of Copper Harbor, Michigan, at a modest cul-de-sac near Fort Wilkins Historic State Park at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula in the state's Upper Peninsula.

On March 5, 1963, Feguer was brought to the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison, Iowa and placed in the state's death row to await execution.

The City of Macon acquired the historic site in 2002, with help from the state's Greenspace Program and funds from the Fort Hawkins Commission and the Peyton Anderson Foundation.

Lemoine Avenue is heavy with commercial development in the Coytesville section of Fort Lee, but as the road runs into Englewood Cliffs it transitions to corporate office buildings, and into the affluent community of Alpine in the state's northeastern corner, it becomes more residential.

In Colorado, approximately 80 % of the state's precipitation falls on the West Slope, in the Rocky Mountains, while around 80 % of the state's growing population lives along the East Slope, between the cities of Fort Collins and Pueblo.

The award, without interest, compared with a valuation of $57,500 placed on the property by the property owners' real estate expert, and a valuation of $52,500 placed on it by the state's expert.

The state's occupation tax is computed on gross sales.

Secondary industries helped reduce the state's dependence on primary industries.

Since military issues were not a government priority, Afonso established the state's administration and centralized power on himself.

It approved the state's blue law restricting commercial activities on Sunday, noting that while such laws originated to encourage attendance at Christian churches, the contemporary Maryland laws were intended to serve " to provide a uniform day of rest for all citizens " on a secular basis and to promote the secular values of " health, safety, recreation, and general well-being " through a common day of rest.

Located approximately forty miles ( 64 km ) south of Indianapolis, on the east fork of the White River, it is the state's 20th largest city.

As a supporter of progressive policies, Hughes was able to play on the popularity of Theodore Roosevelt and weaken the power of the state's conservative Republican officials.

The state's party bosses, however, rejected this compromise and the state legislature rejected the plan on three occasions in 1909 and 1910.

The book's second part contained an extensive analysis on the modern state's institutionalized forms of " classroom learning " as the cultural – historical context that shapes much of modern learning and socialization.

In Western Australia, on 8 September 2011 amendments were introduced in the parliament to reform the state's double jeopardy laws.

Depending on the state and the number of athletes competing in the state, certain qualifications must be achieved to compete in the state's championship meet.

Article 5 provides that no discrimination shall exist in a state's internal nationality law on the grounds of " sex, religion, race, colour or national or ethnic origin ".

He moved to Bordentown, New Jersey in 1774, became an assemblyman for the state's Royal Provincial Council, and was admitted to the New Jersey bar on May 8, 1775.

The combination of the state's perceived illegitimacy by East Germans and economic problems resulted in 2. 7 million East Germans violating the DDR ban on leaving the country by going to West Germany in the 1950s.

Heads of state generally enjoy widest inviolability, although some states allow impeachment, or a similar constitutional procedure by which the highest legislative or judicial authorities are empowered to revoke the head of state's mandate on exceptional grounds.

Other states have no problem with deposed monarchs being referred to by their former title, and even allow them to travel internationally on the state's diplomatic passport.

The city is located in the state's south-east on the estuary of the Derwent River.

The state's move to this new system has, to some extent, diminished the phenomenon and public opinion is widely split on the merits of " class basketball.

According to the Concord Monitor, when Lynch was inaugurated on January 6, 2011, he became “ the state's longest-serving governor in nearly two centuries.

Only one issue was ever published, but it was relatively successful, largely owing to the inclusion of Heinrich Heine's satirical odes on King Ludwig of Bavaria, which led to those copies sent to Germany being confiscated by the state's police force.

There are three ways a case can be heard in the Supreme Court: ( 1 ) filing directly in the Supreme Court ; ( 2 ) filing in a lower federal court, such as a district court, and appealing all the way up to the Supreme Court ; ( 3 ) filing in a state court, appealing all the way up through the state's highest courts, and then appealing to the Supreme Court on an issue of federal law.

The Marxist-Leninist state's huge purchasing power replaces the role of market forces, with macroeconomic equilibrium not being achieved through market forces but by economic planning based on scientific assessment.