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I am not suggesting doing away with the Electoral College, only the 12th Amendment, where the President and Vice President are effectively picked together.
The original language, each Elector had two votes. He had to vote for two different people, at least one had to be from a different state other than his own. Whoever had the most votes became the President, second most, vice president.
12th amendment changed so that each Elector is given one vote for President and one vote for Vice President. This way you always end up with a President and Vice President "on the same team", where as the original system almost always put an opposition vice president into office.
And again, we didn't vote for "President", we voted for an elector to cast a vote for us.
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James
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the engineer adjusts the sails.- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
Red-beard for President, 2020
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