An equal voice for all states?
Commentary
Franklin's proposal here would have given all states an equal voice in the choice of officers under the constitution (presumably including the executive magistrate -- at this point still to be chosen by the legislative branch), regardless of the size of the state, though they were not granted an equal voice in legislation. The logic of this is not clear, and the proposal was not taken further.
Associated event
Proposal for Consideration was created
on 30 June 1787
Approved for publication
None
An equal voice for all states? by Dr Nicholas Cole (npcole)
The Creation of the Electoral College
Cite as: Dr Nicholas Cole, ‘An equal voice for all states?’ in N. P. Cole, Grace Mallon and Kat Howarth, The Creation of the Electoral College, Quill Project at Pembroke College (Oxford, 2016), item 67.