Tag: EL
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Election
Clauses 2-4. ElectionClause 2. Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress; but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Of…
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Electoral College
Electoral CollegeThe electoral college was one of the compromises by which the delegates were able to agree on the document finally produced. "This subject," said James Wilson, referring to the issue of the manner in which the President was to be selected, "has greatly divided the Hou…
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Electors as Free Agents
Electors as Free Agents"No one faithful to our history can deny that the plan originally contemplated, what is implicit in its text, that electors would be free agents, to exercise an independent and nonpartisan judgment as to the men best qualified for the Nation's highest offices." <…
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Elections Regulation
Clause 1. Congressional Power to Regulate Elections: Constitutional wording"The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but Congress may at any time make or alter such Regulations, except as to…
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Elector Qualifications
House of Representatives: Elector QualificationsIt was the original constitutional scheme to vest the determination of qualifications for electors in congressional elections 1 solely in the discretion of the states, save only for the express requirem…