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Crs Report for Congress: The Electoral College: An Overview and Analysis of Reform Proposals: November 5, 2004 - Rl30804 (en Inglés)
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Thomas H. Neale
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Paige Whittaker
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Crs Report for Congress: The Electoral College: An Overview and Analysis of Reform Proposals: November 5, 2004 - Rl30804 (en Inglés) - Whittaker, Paige ; Neale, Thomas H. ; Congressional Research Service the Libr
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American voters elect the President and Vice President of the United States indirectly, through an arrangement known as the electoral college system. The electoral college system comprises a complex mosaic of constitutional provisions, state and federal laws, and political party rules and practices. Although the electoral college system has delivered uncontested results in 46 out of 50 presidential elections since it assumed its present constitutional form in 1804, it has been the subject of persistent criticism and frequent proposals for reform. Reform advocates cite several problems with the current system, including a close or multi-candidate election can result in no electoral college majority, leading to a contingent election in Congress; the current system can result in the election of a President and Vice President who received a majority of electoral votes, but fewer popular votes, than their opponents; the formula for assignment of electoral votes is claimed to provide an unfair advantage for less populous states and does not account for population changes between censuses; and the winner-take-all system used by most states does not recognize the proportional strength of the losing major party, minor party, and independent candidates. On the other hand, defenders assert that the electoral college system ...
