As a human with a brain, eyes, and a Facebook profile, I see a lot of disturbing things on a day-to-day basis. Things like, I don’t know, the average American voter.

Don’t get up in arms yet. I’m sure you’re very intelligent. How do I know? You opened this article. You’re looking for answers and even if you and I don’t agree, the fact that your mind is open enough to read is good enough.

So I saw this disturbing thing. A picture actually...

Now I will admit. There was a time that I did not understand a lick about how the Electoral College works. The Electoral College is big and confusing and it’s a part of the government, which alone makes the College a little questionable. But I’d like to throw some knowledge out there.

The Electoral College could very well save us this election year.

I don’t believe in drug laws, or in banning guns or abortion, because I don’t believe that it is the government’s job to protect us from ourselves. But politics are tricky. And unfortunately, as we have seen this year, sometimes people who do not deserve a place in politics finagle their way in there.

The Founding Fathers, in all their infinite wisdom, established the Electoral College as a compromise between the popular vote and a Congressional vote. Think of it this way…

Remember that episode of The Office when Dwight put a doomsday device on everyone’s computer? And if the team made five mistakes the device would, essentially, get everyone fired. Donald and Hillary are our doomsday devices—and they are set to detonate.

Then Pam, beautiful, perfect Pam, steps in and works her magic so that Dwight decides to deactivate the device instead of ruining everyone’s lives. Pam is the Electoral College.

The Electoral voters do not have to vote for the candidate they have been assigned. If Donald Trump wins the popular vote in Georgia, but the Electoral voters aren’t comfortable voting for (a racist/rapist/orange-faced pathological liar) him, they can expend their vote on someone else. Someone like Gary Johnson. Or Jill Stein.

So, despite this picture, yes you’re vote does count. It counts in your state’s popular vote. In another sense, the picture is correct. The Electoral College isn’t required to adhere to the popular vote.

Now, to become the president one must win 270 Electoral votes. However, if a third party candidate wins enough Electoral votes then neither candidate gets the required 270. This brings us to a new level of politics—fanfare please—the vote falls to the House of Representatives.

In this scenario, rare but plausible, each state representative votes for one of the top three candidates. This year Gary Johnson needs one state to throw the election to the House of Reps. And he could get that state—his home state of New Mexico. They voted for him once, and by golly, they could do it again.

There is a safety in the House of Reps voting this year. For one thing, speaker of the House Paul Ryan has blatantly refused to endorse Trump, and he is not alone. There are many Congressmen that will not back Trump. Ryan could swing for Johnson. He’s a perfect compromise, and is wonderfully appealing to the mostly conservative House of Representatives.

So the scenario is far-fetched, but it is a much closer chance to Gary Johnson becoming president than in previous years.

Hey people who said our third party vote is a waste? We’ll see who gets the last laugh. See you on the other side, truckers.

To read more about how the Electoral College could benefit Libertarians, click here.