THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS of the Fairfax Area ELECTORAL COLLEGE

Electing the President
What might have been --What could be?

With the presidential election concluded, we ponder again the process by which the chief executive officer of our country is selected. Just how extensive are our powers as the electorate? Does every vote carry the same weight? Do the residents of some states have a more powerful vote than those of another? If so, should this be charged? Can it be changed?

Thomas Jefferson wrote, "I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it away from them, but to inform their discretion."

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