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“If there is any political activity in the country, all electors who care to vote at all have made up their minds which of these candidates they would like to have, and will make that the sole consideration in giving their vote.” John Stuart Mill, Considerations on Representative Government · observation
Hamilton defends the Electoral College system for choosing the President, arguing it lets the people act through electors, improves deliberation, reduces tumult, and blocks corruption and foreign influence.
them much less to heats and ferments, which might be communicated from them to the people, than if they were all to be convened at one time, in one place. Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption. These most deadly adversaries of republican government might naturally have been expected to make their approaches from more than one quarter,…
It defines the presidency: a four-year term, state-appointed electors voting for two candidates, counting procedures, contingency election rules, eligibility requirements, and succession and compensation, including the presidential oath.
United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice-President, chosen for the same Term, be elected as follows: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or …
Mill argues that if voters let others choose for them, two-stage election can produce the same results as direct voting, and he cites the U.S. Electoral College as a practical case.
electors cared enough about political affairs to set any value on so limited a participation in them, they would not be likely to be satisfied without one much more extensive. In the next place, admitting that a person who, from his narrow range of cultivation, can not judge well of the qualifications of a candidate for Parliament, may be a sufficient judge of the honesty and general capacity of somebody whom he may…
A draft article describes how the President is elected through a two-stage elector system, with the Supreme Court judges giving notice, electors voting by ballot, sealed lists inspected by the legislature, and fallback selection rules.
ARTICLE IV § 1. The President of the United States of America, (except in the first instance) shall be elected in the manner following--The Judges of the Supreme Court shall within sixty days after a vacancy shall happen, cause public notice to be given in each State, of such vacancy, appointing therein three several days for the several purposes following, to wit, a d…
It establishes the executive branch and the presidential election system: a four-year term, state-appointed electors, ballot voting for president and vice president, contingency selection by the House by states, eligibility rules, succession from president to vice president, compensation limits, and an oath to preserve and defend the Constitution.
United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows. Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or…