The United States Electoral College is the mechanism established by the United States Constitution for the indirect election of the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States. Citizens of the United States vote in each state at a general election to choose a slate of "electors" pledged to vote for a party's candidate. The Twelfth Amendment requires each elector to cast one vote for president and another vote for vice president.
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@Paulsechrist4yrs4Y
No, but states should reform their election system to something other than first past the post .
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
Yes, and the President should be directly elected by state legislatures.
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
Yes, and switch to an approval rating system.
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
Yes, and switch to a runoff voting system.
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
No, but reform so that each state (and D.C.) is allotted one electoral vote.
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
Yes, and switch to a top-two primary system.
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
No, but remove the 435 limit on the House of Representatives.
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
No, but remove the 435 seat limit on the House of Representatives.
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
No, but remove the 435-seat limit on the House of Representatives.
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
No, but remove the 435-seat limit on the House of Representatives and remove the requirement that a candidate must win a majority of electoral votes.
@8R2RMP34yrs4Y
Yes, and the President should be directly elected by Congress.
@8RSTXFT4yrs4Y
No, but there should be a way for more than two parties to make it to the final election.
@84JHJXZ4yrs4Y
No, but I believe that we should implement an online ranked voting system in our elections.
@6R6HBQ34yrs4Y
No, but reform to the STAR voting system, operating separately above and below the electorate, or, barring that, approval voting, or, barring that, instant runoff
@8QPG4TW4yrs4Y
No, but the requirement that a candidate must receive 270 electoral votes to win should be removed, and instead, the candidate who receives the most electoral votes should win. I feel that this would greatly increase the odds of a third-party candidate being elected.
@8QM9QMR4yrs4Y
No, but incorporate a ranked voting system into it.
@93G2RP73yrs3Y
No, but states elections should use a Ranked Choice Voting system
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