information about the Electoral College. I will define the Electoral College and it’s true history of its name and much more. The Electoral College is filled with history and reasons it came to be as it is. Also I will explain to you how to become an Elector while telling you the significance and the ultimate job of the Electoral College. The Electoral College is A constitutional compromise between the opposing political factions to elect the president. The idea of the Electoral College was founded by the
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The Electoral College is made of 538 electors. The Founding Fathers made this process‚ so they could balance the votes. It was balanced by the popular vote from citizens‚ and the Congress. There are specific numbers of electors based on the number of members of its congressional delegation. There is one special rule and it is the twenty-third amendment. It tells us that the District of Columbia gets to be treated like a state‚ so it is easier for the Electoral College. When a candidate is running
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ELECTORAL SECURITY IN THE PHILIPPINES (Automated Election System Assessment) A paper to be presented to Professor Fe Atanacio-Blas Department of International Studies Institute of Arts and Sciences Far Eastern University
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Electoral College is a process of presidential nominations. A body of people representing the states of the United States‚ who casts votes for the election of the president and vice president. Also‚ can be seen as an election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of eligible citizens. “In the Article II of the U.S. Constitution Electoral College was seen as a compromise for the presidential election process because politicians believed that a purely
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motivated system. Whether the sport is baseball‚ football‚ the Olympics‚ NASCAR or college sports the industry has grown in leaps and bounds. But in order to see this concept fully grow into a big business situation you must first look at its humble and less complicated beginnings. In the beginning the NCAA was just a mere thought in somebodies head. In 1905 a meeting between the then President Roosevelt and 13 athletic institutions directors sparked the debate over college football schedules
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countries for giving the concept that all citizens should have equal say in the government and the way it is run. The Electoral College ruins the voting and creates an unfair system that is not equal. It destroys the fundamental part of democracy that gives everyone a fair right to vote. The Electoral College raises the question "Is the United States a Democracy?". With the Electoral College‚ it is a winner take all system which makes some voter feel that their vote is practically useless. The founding
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The United States Electoral College is an integral part of America’s political system. In 1787‚ the delegates of the Constitutional Convention decided on the creation of the Electoral College‚ or a system under which a body is elected with the expressed purpose of itself electing a higher body. The College was established by Article Two‚ Section One of the United States Constitution. (Lesson 2: Political Participation‚ n.d.) The Founding Fathers wished to provide the people of each state the ability
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people‚ whether directly or through elected representatives. The United States’s system is a democracy where the people’s votes‚ opinion‚ and action make a difference. Every four years we hold an election to select who will be our succeeding president. When our country was being developed we had a group of white‚ well-educated‚ and most part wealthy males who were known as the Framers. The Framers of the United States created a system called the Electoral College. The Electoral College is a group
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majority of us voted for a President who in the end was not determined the winner. There are many other corruptions in our current electoral system‚ including the underlying racist and sexist roots‚ voter inequality and other flaws that go against every true democratic principle. The only solution and the only way this country could be truly democratic is to abolish the Electoral College. The way a winner is found in most every level of professionalism (high school government elections‚ mayoral elections
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affect their grades. Student who attended public 4 year colleges paid an average of $3‚190 in tuition for the 1987-1988 school year. Today the average has risen to $9‚970 for the 2017-2018 school year. The price has increased by 213%. The college application and decision making process is stressful as it is. Students are forced to make their first of many adult choices‚ a choice that will change their life. Recently the ever growing price of college tuition is another factor students and their families
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