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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... rule , " which generally awards the total electoral vote to a state's popular vote winner , disenfranchises all those who voted for the loser . Opponents of electing the President by direct popular vote include : Those who , like Sen ...
... rule , " which generally awards the total electoral vote to a state's popular vote winner , disenfranchises all those who voted for the loser . Opponents of electing the President by direct popular vote include : Those who , like Sen ...
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... college system , operating under the unit rule , has forced all major party candidates to con- centrate most of their campaign resources on whichever of the large states ap- pear to be within their grasp in a given election 39.
... college system , operating under the unit rule , has forced all major party candidates to con- centrate most of their campaign resources on whichever of the large states ap- pear to be within their grasp in a given election 39.
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... rule . Ironically , although the founders ' immediate expectations for the college were not fulfilled , their basic ... rule but they would rule indirectly through representatives . They established a system in which the majority will ...
... rule . Ironically , although the founders ' immediate expectations for the college were not fulfilled , their basic ... rule but they would rule indirectly through representatives . They established a system in which the majority will ...
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... rule rather than the unit rule leading to the political party system . MS . BEST . Senator , I think the point has been well made , and it has been made by many experts . That is , the electoral college system and the political party ...
... rule rather than the unit rule leading to the political party system . MS . BEST . Senator , I think the point has been well made , and it has been made by many experts . That is , the electoral college system and the political party ...
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... rule . Give us your thought again . You were very big on that . You feel it is an indispensable part . Having been ... rule as a support for the two - party system . I think , in the first place , the unit rule is a support for the two ...
... rule . Give us your thought again . You were very big on that . You feel it is an indispensable part . Having been ... rule as a support for the two - party system . I think , in the first place , the unit rule is a support for the two ...
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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...