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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... plurality . He did not have enough electoral votes . On this occasion again the decision came to the House of Representatives . On this occasion the politicians did not take 36 ballots to make the choice . They got together at the ...
... plurality . He did not have enough electoral votes . On this occasion again the decision came to the House of Representatives . On this occasion the politicians did not take 36 ballots to make the choice . They got together at the ...
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... plurality sufficient to choose a President . " Then he goes on , and again I quote : " Next , I consider it necessary to make specific provisions for the eventuality that no presidential slate receives 40 % or more of the electoral vote ...
... plurality sufficient to choose a President . " Then he goes on , and again I quote : " Next , I consider it necessary to make specific provisions for the eventuality that no presidential slate receives 40 % or more of the electoral vote ...
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... plurality requirement and the possibility of a run - off election would encourage a proliferation of candidates . Such speculation does not make sense in the real world of national political campaigns . In the first place , every ...
... plurality requirement and the possibility of a run - off election would encourage a proliferation of candidates . Such speculation does not make sense in the real world of national political campaigns . In the first place , every ...
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... plurality . Whether a nationwide run - off election is the proper contingency has been and , I assume , will be the subject of controversy among those who support the direct election concept . No one knows for certain how well a ...
... plurality . Whether a nationwide run - off election is the proper contingency has been and , I assume , will be the subject of controversy among those who support the direct election concept . No one knows for certain how well a ...
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... plurality . It is biased in favor of a single election . It is biased in favor of the two - party system . It is biased in favor of large competitive States and of self - conscious and well organized minorities in urban and suburban ...
... plurality . It is biased in favor of a single election . It is biased in favor of the two - party system . It is biased in favor of large competitive States and of self - conscious and well organized minorities in urban and suburban ...
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Popular passages
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...