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Electoral colleges, the.

The people do not vote directly for President and Vice-President, but they choose, for each congressional district in the respective States, a representative in an electoral college, which consists of as many members as there are congressional districts in each State, besides its two Senators. The theory of the framers of the Constitution was that by this means the best men of the country would be chosen in the several districts, and they would better express the wishes of the people concerning a choice of President and Vice-President than a vote directly by the people [204] for these officers. The several electors chosen in the different States meet at their respective State capitals on the first Wednesday in December, and name in their ballots the persons for President and Vice-President. Then each electoral college makes three lists of the names voted for these officers, and the number of votes for each, which lists the members of the college sign and certify, and the list of each State electoral college is transmitted to the president of the Senate of the United States.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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