History Position

Nakkera, Selarra Oct 7,2008 History Position

PositionThe Electoral College should be removed from the electoral system. The Electoral College should be absent because it is not valid and trust worthy. The Twelfth Amendment was introduced to the constitution in December 9, 1803 and deemed necessary in June 15, 1804. The Twelfth amendment states that the president should be decided by using the Electoral College. What that means is that each state has a set number of electoral votes, but some have more then others. When the votes are in, the popular number of votes within that state then chooses the choice of president for that state. For example if 60 % of one state votes for one candidate and the other 40% votes for the other candidate, that 60% decides who that state is voting for, there for that 40% of votes are unheard. The Twelfth Amendment was put in place because of the 1800 election between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. What happened was there became a tie, within the election so in order for that not to happen again they proposed the Twelfth Amendment. But what they fail to realize is that even with the electoral collage in place there is still a possibility that they votes can end up in a tie. Another thing is that with the Electoral College in place is that we

cannot be sure that the person in charge for the final decision for a state is actually putting down the majority vote within that state. So since there is no sure way of saying that the candidate chosen for a state won the popular vote within that state, we should get rid of it all together.