Debate over the Electoral College

Recently some Politicians wanting to be President have mentioned the Electoral College and that it should be abolished.

The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your state’s entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators.

1.. The first part of the process is controlled by the political parties in each state and varies from state to state. Generally, the parties either nominate slates of potential Electors at their state party conventions or they chose them by a vote of the party's central committee. This happens in each state for each party by whatever rules the state party and (sometimes) the national party have for the process. This first part of the process results in each Presidential candidate having their own unique slate of potential Electors.

2. The second part of the process happens on Election Day. When the voters in each state cast votes for the Presidential candidate of their choice they are voting to select their state's Electors. The potential Electors' names may or may not appear on the ballot below the name of the Presidential candidates, depending on election procedures and ballot formats in each *state.

*Check with your own state to discover the procedures for the ballot and voting.

The Electoral College was chosen for two reasons. One, it was between the voters and the selection of a President. Secondly, It gave power to the smaller states.

There are two ways of changing the system. The first a constitutional amendment, the second action at a state level. A constitutional amendment is seen as impossible to achieve. It would require 3/4 of the states to approve it.

There does seem to be one viable proposal, and that is to get states to agree to direct their electors to vote for whoever wins the popular vote. The plan is called the Electoral College Pact. Already ten states plus the District of Columbia have enacted legislation to accomplish this. 

As you can see politicians;( depending on their affiliation), might want to disband the Electoral College.

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