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Caudle, Hon. Joseph E., member, House of Delegates, West Virginia
Legislature, Charleston, W. Va...

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Kobell, Ruth E., legislative assistant, National Farmers Union_-_-
Poole, Frederick T., assistant director, national affairs, American Farm
Bureau Federation..

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THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1977

Tarrance, Lance, president, V. Lance Tarrance and Associates, Houston,
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Scammon, Richard M., director, Elections Research Center, Washington,
D.C.

Leahy, Patrick J., U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont; accompanied
by Nancy Ellen Morgan, Ph. D., legislative aide---
Wildavsky, Aaron, president, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, N.Y__
Freund, Paul A., professor emeritus, Harvard Law School, Cambridge,
Mass..

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1977

Williams, Eddie N., president, Joint Center for Political Studies, Washington, D.C..

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Bailey, Douglas L., president, Bailey, Deardourff and Associates, Inc.,
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Wilner, Ronald, vice president, Robert Goodman Agency, Baltimore,
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Koteen, Sherley, chairperson, Washington Subcommittee of the National
Council of Jewish Women..

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LIST OF EXHIBITS

1. President Carter's statement in support of direct election, March 22, 1977..

2. Former President Ford's statement in support of direct election before the House of Representatives in 1969..

3. Gallup poll, "Public to Congress-Retire the Electoral College," by
George Gallup..

4. Harris Survey, "Abolish the Electoral College," by Louis Harris...
5. Letter from Justin A. Stanley, president, American Bar Association;
George Meany, president, AFL-CIO; Leonard Woodcock, presi-
dent, International Union, UAW; Richard L. Lesher, presi-
dent, Chamber of Commerce of the United States; Ruth C. Clusen,
president, League of Women Voters of the United States; and David
Cohen, president, Common Cause, to President Carter urging his
support of direct election, March 10, 1977.

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9. Chart showing Presidential candidate stops along 1976 campaign trail.
10. Maps showing Presidential campaign tours, Fall of 1976.
11. Chapters 1 and 7, excerpted from "The Case Against Direct Election
of the President-A Defense of the Electoral College," by Judith
Best....

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12. A reply to the report of the American Bar Association Commission on Electoral College Reform, by J. Edward Thornton.

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13. Article from U.S. News & World Report, May 12, 1969.
14. Excerpt from Congressman Jack Edwards' newsletter, April-May 1977,
"Results of 1977 Legislative Questionnaire".

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15. "The Electoral College and the American Idea of Democracy," by Martin Diamond....

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16. Texas precinct votes, 1968 and 1970, compiled by V. Lance Tarrance and associates..

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17. Newspaper article from the Washington Post, "Initiative, the Popu-
lists' Voguish Darling," by George F. Will, July 28, 1977...
18. Black voting age population in nine most populous States, submitted
by Eddie N. Williams, president of the Joint Center for Political
Studies, Washington, D.C..

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19. Article by Americans for Democratic Action, "Presidential Electoral Reform"

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20. Article from the Washington Bureau N.A.A.C.P., “XIII Political Action-Resolution, Electoral College".

21. "Save the Electoral College," by Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. 22. Resolution in opposition to election reform package.

APPENDIX

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD

1. Prepared statement of Hon. Dick Clark, a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa..

2. "Electing the President," report by the American Bar Association.... 3. American Bar Association, 1977 annual meeting, Special Committee on Election Reform and Young Lawyers Section, August 7, 1977... 4. "Direct Election of the President," legislative analyses, by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Research, Washington, D.C............ 5. Prepared statement of Curtis Gans on behalf of Americans for Democratic Action__

6. Prepared statement in support of Senate Joint Resolution 1 by the
American Society for Public Administration__

7. Prepared statement of Louis J. Capozi, instructor of history, Immacu-
late Conception School, Tuckahoe, N. Y..---.
8. Prepared statement of Hon. Allard K. Lowenstein, former Member of
Congress from the State of New York and excerpts from his testi-
mony of May 1, 1969, on "Electing the President," hearings before
the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments....

9. "Some Mathematics of the Electoral College,' or "As New Mexico
Goes, So Goes the Nation," by Lee Ratzan, Community Mental
Health Center, College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey..
10. "A Geometric Analysis of Electoral College Misrepresentation," sub-
mitted by Carleton W. Sterling, University of Notre Dame

11. "The Electoral College Biases Revealed, The Conventional Wisdom and Game Theory Models Notwithstanding," by Carleton W. Sterling.....

12. Prepared statement of Hon. Bill Brock, chairman of the Republican National Committee...

13. Issue statement by Hammermill Paper Co.

14. Articles from the Centennial Post, Washington City, Dated December 31, 1876.

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15. Resolution Adopted by the Legislature of West Virginia16. Resolution Adopted by the Legislature of California...

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17. Resolution Adopted by the House of Representatives of Minnesota... 18. Resolution Adopted by the Legislature of the Territory of Guam___ 19. Resolution Adopted by B'Nai B'rith Women-..

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20. Resolution No. 15, passed by the Young Democrats of America in Convention, July 28, 1977...

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21. Communication from Station WSB-TV, Atlanta, Ga.

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22. Newspaper and magazine editorials and comments, submitted by majority members of the subcommittee..

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23. Newspaper and magazine editorials and comments, submitted by minority members of the subcommittee..

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