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Introduction
The Electoral College, as it is outlined in the 12th Amendment, is a body of electors chosen to elect the President and Vice President of the United States. It is a controversial mechanism of presidential elections that was created by the framers of the U.S. Constitution as a compromise for the a failed presidential election process in the election of 1800. The founders believed a pure democracy was too reckless, while others objected to giving Congress the power to select the president. The compromise was to set up an Electoral College system that allowed voters to vote for electors, who would then cast their votes for candidates, a system described in Article II, section 1 of the Constitution. In this system the electors are granted the discretion to vote for the candidate that they choose, but in practice the electors vote for the candidate that wins the most votes in their repective states. [21] In all the states except Nebraska and Maine, the candidate that......

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Title: Changing The Electoral College
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