" There Is A Time To Reap, A Time To Sow, Its Time For The Electoral College To Go"!
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" There Is A Time To Reap, A Time To Sow, Its Time For The Electoral College To Go"!
" There is a time to reap, a time to sow, its time for the
Electoral College to go"!
It is time to get into the 21st century and amend part of the constitution. Article 2 section 1 of the United States Constitution needs to be revised. Namely the Electoral College has shown that its usefulness has deteriorated and should be liquidated. In order to understand and appreciate the reasons for or against the Electoral College, it's essential to understand its context. Each State is allocated a number of Electors equal to the number of its U.S. Senators (always 2) plus the number of its U.S. Representatives. The political parties (or independent candidates) in each State submit to the State's chief election official a list of individuals pledged to their candidate for president and equal in number to the State's electoral vote. Usually, the major political parties select these individuals either by State party conventions or through appointment by their State party leaders, while third parties and independent candidates merely designate theirs. Members of Congress and employees of the federal government are prohibited from serving as an Elector, to maintain the balance between the legislative and executive branches of the federal government. After their caucuses and primaries, the major parties nominate their candidates for president and vice president in their national conventions traditionally held in the summer preceding the election. (Third Parties and independent candidates follow different procedures according to the individual State laws). The names of the duly nominated candidates are then officially submitted to each State's chief election official so that they might appear on the general election ballot.
On the Tuesday following the first Monday of November in years divisible by four, the people in each State cast their ballots for the party slate of Electors representing their choice for president and vice president...
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