Thoughts on the article 2 section 1 paragraph 3 of the U.S. constitution?
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To me it looks like a huge unreadable wall of text
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@matija I think it's readable, but takes time to carefully parse it, and it also probably takes courts to interpret some of the subtleties of it as issues arise here and there.
I am not a fan of the Electoral College but understand some of the reasoning for it, some of which had to do with the technical challenges of having a nationwide popular vote.... it made more sense to leave it up to states to decide how they want to spend their allocated votes. There is also just the idea that the original United States was thought of as a collection of governments (the states), rather than a hierarchy of governments. It's become more of the latter as time goes on.
Just a suggestion, when posting something like this, a link or the text itself is a nice courtesy to readers.
Clause 3 Electoral College Count
The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.y Ballot the Vice President. -
I don't know if I understood it correctly, when there is no clear winner the electors don't repeat the vote?
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@matija I don't believe there is a scenario where the vote is repeated.
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@rob said in Thoughts on the article 2 section 1 paragraph 3 of the U.S. constitution?:
@matija I don't believe there is a scenario where the vote is repeated.
Not by the electoral college itself
