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This 8 page paper presents an argument to abolish the electoral college process. This process was originally designed by the founders and writers of the U.S. Constitution for reasons that no longer exist, such as limited transportation and communication options for candidates. The writer first presents a short history of the Electoral College and why it was originally established. Three reasons for abolishing the process are then discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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in a variety of national elections, thereby electing the persons who will represent them and the persons who will lead this nation. Right? Wrong, that is not true. The Constitution
does not guarantee the right to vote for the president or the vice-president (Raskin, 2001). Interestingly, there are at least 135 other nations whose constitutions explicitly give all citizens the
right to vote as well as the right to be represented at all governmental levels. In the United States, however, the right to vote and to have representation is provided
at the state level (Raskin, 2001). These offices are elected by a body in each state called the electoral college. The fact that the Constitution of the United States does
not state that the people of the nation will elect those who will serve in the two highest political position in the country became abundantly clear in the last presidential
election. The electoral college process was designed by the nations founding fathers but this process has clearly outlived its usefulness and should be abolished. To understand why this electoral
process should be abolished, i.e., eliminated, one must first understand how the electoral college came to be in the first place. The nations founding fathers faced a serious challenge when
they tried to determine how the president would be elected (Kimberling, nd). At the time, the nation: 1. Was comprised of thirteen small and large states that were very protective
of their own powers and suspicious a any form of central national government (Kimberling, nd). 2. The nation has four million people that were dispersed and spread over a thousand
miles of Atlantic seaboard and their connection with each other was limited due to communication and transportation (Kimberling, nd). That meant that national campaigns were physically and logistically impossible
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