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Postscript to Electoral College MeetingsHere are the alternatives to the present Electoral College system:
These are distilled from the many resolutions to come before Congress. There are many arguments pro and con for all these plans, which we will take up at the next meeting sometime in the spring. Remember even the slightest change takes a Constitutional amendment which must be approved by 2/3 of both houses of Congress and ratified by 3/4 of the states. Should there be a change? We don't really know what the consequences of change would be, the present balance of political power each state could be changed; voting qualifications in each state are different... direct election would undoubtedly open the door to Federal regulation; and small states would lose their present advantage. These are some of the reasons none of the resolutions has ever passed. There is also public apathy. Recommended:
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