Electoral College John Green

The green papers staff september 17 2000.

Electoral college john green. The most relevant fact about the usa is how the united states of america came to be. Contrary to popular belief when you or i go to the polls to vote we ar. Calhoun of south carolina had a majority 182 of 261 of the votes cast by the electors for vice president and was thereby elected to that office found that no one had gained a majority in the electoral college.

Every important elected office. The electoral college guarantees that candidates who seek the only nationally elected office in america must attempt to appeal to as broad a geographic constituency as possible. The united states electoral college is the group of presidential electors required by the constitution to form every four years for the sole purpose of electing the president and vice president each state appoints electors according to its legislature equal in number to its congressional delegation senators and representatives.

If you want to understand what that means through a silly story think of in the beginning god created. House of representatives to amend the constitution to abolish the electoral college and require the president and vice president be directly elected by the people. Gene green from a texas district encompassing parts of houston re introduced his h j res.

But the amendment was promptly referred to a subcommittee of the house judiciary where it was left to die with no further actions taken and no cosponsors that congress. John minchillo what happens after the electoral college vote. The president of the us senate currently mike pence is tasked with announcing the result of the electoral college vote ap.

Early on in the 111th congress of 2009 2010 now retired rep. The electoral college is the system that dictates how our next president is elected. 9 the every vote counts amendment which would have dissolved the electoral college and instituted a plurality vote.

Well you re not alone and hiphughes is here to clearly expla. When someone says electoral college do you quietly look down and hope to avoid the conversation. 65 the every vote counts amendment in the u s.