In my capacity as the independent political scientist from the state of Wyoming, I see it in the best interest of the people of this state to propose an Amendment to replace the Electoral College system with the popular vote of the majority of the people across the United States. My recommendations herein have considered every facet of support and evidence upon which the rationale for such a grotesque Amendment may be justified and effectuated. Considering the Electoral College has been characteristic of the voting history of this nation, it might seem abominable for someone to think in this regard, or worst still, mention such a proposal. However, though the Electoral College may be a
historical attribute typical of the Framers of the Constitution, the problems it now provokes took roots right from the conception of the entire scheme.
In its conventional form, the structure of the Electoral College can be traced to the Centurial Assembly system of the Roman Republic. Under that system, the adult male citizens of Rome were divided, according to their wealth, into groups of 100. Each group was entitled to cast only one vote either in favor or against proposals submitted to them by the Roman Senate. In the Electoral College system, the States serve as the Centurial groups and the number of votes per State is determined by the size of each State’s Congressional delegation. The problem today lies in how this nation has grown over the decades. Back then there were roughly 4 million people living in this nation. The masses could be controlled. There was the slimmest chance that an elected representative of a particular party would vote otherwise in the college. This issue, which is an advocate of corruption, seems to have taken roots towards the end of the 20th century.
The Term Paper on The Electoral College Vote System States
... Election 2000/Electoral College Debate: The Hidden Beauty of the System: It Gives the States a Chance to be Heard, but the Electoral Voting should ... since 1992, a proportional method, dividing each state's electoral vote to mirror its popular vote. This also does away with the winner- ... their campaigning in a very different light. Whichever dominant group may be around at the time, whether they are ...
Throughout the decades, some politicians have striven to uphold that the function of the College of Electors in choosing the president can be likened to that in the Roman Catholic Church of the College of Cardinals selecting the Pope, which to believers is very efficient because these men are inspired by God. First, politicians are among the least of men who believe in God and may be inspired by him pertaining to such decisions. Secondly, the College of Cardinals embodies the most knowledgeable and informed individuals who have acquainted with each other throughout the years to the point that they can elect, beyond reasonable doubt, a new Pope. Most Roman Catholics are not familiar with the various Cardinals and so it will make little sense for them to elect one to the position of Pope. In that regard it is the duty of the citizenry of this nation, based on their acquaintance, relation and comprehension of certain politicians, to elect those candidates they deem as best fit to the positions in question. Having established that the Electoral College embodies representatives of each state who cast the final ballots that actually elect the president, it has come to notice that some representatives have failed to “represent” their states by voting otherwise. This in itself eliminates the objective of the Electoral College.
There is tremendous indication that thousands of personal votes will not matter when the Electors in the Electoral College do not represent their state. This is typical of the so-called “faithless” Electors. In the nation today, there are 48 States that have a winner-takes-all rule for the Electoral College. In these States, whichever candidate receives a majority of the vote, or a plurality of the popular vote (less than 50 percent but more than any other candidate) takes all of the State’s electoral votes. According to the laws of nature, however, life is based on proportions – good, better, best; fast, faster, fastest. In the same way politics must be based on proportions whereby the more votes a candidate gets, the better their chances of getting elected. This is the only way to guarantee that more voters will cast a ballot and that every vote will be counted. With such increased voter turnout, the national popular will can thus be manifest. The people of Wyoming are liable to fall in line with their fellow brothers Nebraska and Maine who do not conform to the winner-takes-all rule.
The Term Paper on Votes For Bush Gore State Electoral
Jason Bank ston November 6, 2000 Government Research Project ALABAMA Recent polls show Bush as leading by 46% with Gore at 38%. Alabama has a strong Republican voting history. Sixty percent of Alabamans view themselves as conservatives. Alabama has few large cities that attract minorities and other groups that would vote Democratic. Bush has a solid win in this state. Nine electoral votes for ...
Since 1981 the state on Wyoming only gets three electoral votes. With the state’s minimal growth rate, this system has proven to be very bias considering the votes of innumerable citizens have been unconditionally ignored. From the years following its inception there have been hundreds of proposals introduced in Congress to reform or eliminate the Electoral College, more than on any other subject. The American Bar Association has criticized the Electoral College as “archaic” and “ambiguous” and its polling showed 69 percent of lawyers favored abolishing it in 1987. All these have come a long way to set out a long needed reform. Let the majority vote rule and that the loudest criers be heard.
