Electoral College Reform

Electoral College Reform The Electoral College system is the process of a president and vice-president election into office. This is a compromise established by our founding fathers in the United States Constitution. “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the 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 Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit
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. Each candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate’s political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. You help choose your state’s electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate’s electors” (Archives). The validity of the Electoral College can be augmented against due to the questionable reliability of the qualified voters, the diminished influence of the popular vote and the disoriented accountability for each vote regarding state population. Furthermore, the Electoral College can be abducted and the popular vote can take its place. This will unite the nation and contribute to citizen awareness which would
After all they withhold the power to cast the final ballot that elects the president and vice president. In addition, after conducting my research I came across evidence that proves that Presidential electors have indeed violated this commitment. They are known as unfaithful electors. “In fact, the balance of opinion by constitutional scholars is that, once electors have been chosen, they remain constitutionally free agents, able to vote for any candidate who meets the requirements for President and Vice President” (History.com Staff). Faithless electors are recorded as follows (in the 20 century, one each in 1948, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1988, and 2000) “Under the system, each state receives votes equal to the number of representatives it has in the House plus one for each of its senators. Less populated states are thus overrepresented. While this formula hasn't changed, it no longer makes a difference for the majority of states. For example, Wyoming, with its three electoral votes, has no more influence over the selection of the president or on the positions taken by candidates than it would with one