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The Creation of the Electoral College

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• The choice of the president in the national legislature
• Election by the people and the merits of election by Congress
• The 'chimerical' nature of election by the people
• The first idea of an electoral college
• A role for state legislatures
• Independence via ineligibility
• An accountable executive
• Concerns of the Committee of the Whole
• An equal voice for all states?
• A democratic magistrate
• The merits of popular election debated
• The problem of forbidding re-election
• A President for life?
• A summary of the difficulties presented by the creation of the executive
• The electoral college proposed for a second time
• The electoral college agreed to
• Election by National Legislature reinstated
• An element of chance
• Alternative modes of election
• The President to be chosen by the State Governors
• Madison's comment on various modes of election
• Committee of detail report
• The idea of an electoral college reintroduced
• The electoral college as a tool for the Separation of Powers
• Limitations of the Electoral College
• Ineligibility and the Electoral College
• Qualifications for Electors
• A role for the House of Representatives instead
• The final iteration of the electoral college