The Electoral College and Direct Election: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, ... : SupplementU.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 - 537 pages |
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... electoral college would also remove the possibility of such historical ... Electoral College include : Apportioning votes among the states gives a ... system have won their battle . The Harris Survey asked the cross section ...
... electoral college would also remove the possibility of such historical ... Electoral College include : Apportioning votes among the states gives a ... system have won their battle . The Harris Survey asked the cross section ...
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... system . DIRECT ELECTION WOULD STRENGTHEN THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM Unlike the simple and straightforward arguments in favor of direct popular election , the arguments in favor of retaining the present electoral college often seem strained ...
... system . DIRECT ELECTION WOULD STRENGTHEN THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM Unlike the simple and straightforward arguments in favor of direct popular election , the arguments in favor of retaining the present electoral college often seem strained ...
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... votes than one of the two major parties . The ex- perience of our national political system makes this scenario extremely unlikely . Under our present electoral college system , on the other hand , regionally based third party ...
... votes than one of the two major parties . The ex- perience of our national political system makes this scenario extremely unlikely . Under our present electoral college system , on the other hand , regionally based third party ...
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... electoral college system , as it currently operates , emerged in 1832 , not 1789. The distinctive and characteristic element of our current system is the unit rule and not the office of Presidential elector . It was in 1832 that all but ...
... electoral college system , as it currently operates , emerged in 1832 , not 1789. The distinctive and characteristic element of our current system is the unit rule and not the office of Presidential elector . It was in 1832 that all but ...
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... electoral college system is not neutral . No electoral system is neutral . The electoral college system has biases . It has biases in favor of the system of concurrent majorities . For example , it is biased in favor of the winner of a ...
... electoral college system is not neutral . No electoral system is neutral . The electoral college system has biases . It has biases in favor of the system of concurrent majorities . For example , it is biased in favor of the winner of a ...
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Page 393 - States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 17 - A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous state...
Page 97 - In all the changes to which you may be invited, remember that time and habit are at least as necessary to fix the true character of governments, as of other human institutions...
Page 407 - Massachusetts 23 Michigan 24 Minnesota 25 Mississippi 26 Missouri 27 Montana 28 Nebraska 29 Nevada 30 New Hampshire 31 New Jersey 32 New Mexico 33 New York 34 North Carolina 35 North Dakota 36 Ohio 37 Oklahoma 38...
Page 414 - Pythagorean theorem, which states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Page 407 - Different localities 1. Alabama 2. Alaska 3. Arizona 4. Arkansas. 5. California 6. Colorado 7. Connecticut 8. Delaware 9. District of Columbia.. 10. Florida 11.
Page 392 - Baker v. Carr, 369 US 186 (1962), Reynolds v. Sims, 377 US 533 (1964), but in cases overturning State laws that imposed financial burdens (see Harper v.
Page 398 - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Page 510 - An ignorant man, who is not fool enough to meddle with his clock, is however sufficiently confident to think he can safely take to pieces, and put together at his pleasure, a moral machine of another guise importance and complexity, composed of far other wheels, and springs, and balances, and counteracting and co-operating powers.
Page 21 - IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 3, 1985 Mr. MATTINGLY (for himself, Mr. EVANS, Mr. THURMOND, and Mr. ARMSTRONG) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow the President to veto items of appropriation. 1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives...