The Electoral College

The 2004 national election has come and gone -- the election for President, Vice President, one third of the Senate (19 Democrat seats, and 15 Republican), and all 435 House of Representatives seats.   After some Presidential elections like the 2000 Election there have been complaints that the Electoral College system is antiquated and not true direct suffrage.   This website lists some web references on the Electoral College for those who may be interested.  There will also be links explaining our elections, links to our political structure, the history of elections, and to the Supreme Court's concurrence and dissents in Bush v. Gore, following the 2000 election.

-WEBSITE REFERENCES-

"The Electoral College" from the Federal Election Commission

"Political Structure of the United States" (June 23, 2000) according to The Economist Magazine

A website from the U.S. Federal Register, "The U. S. Electoral College"

Another Economist link, discussing the 2000 election, "Is America Heading For a Constitutional Crisis?" (Nov. 10, 2000)

From the Avalon Project, Act Creating an Electoral Commission (1877)

Here's an interactive Election 2004 map from PBS, "Politics 101: Electoral College Map"

"Abolish the Electoral College,"(Aug. 29, 2004)  N.Y. Times Opinions (Free registration required)

"Is It Time to Scrap the Electoral College?," (Sept. 1, 2004)  N.Y. Times Letters to Editor  (Free registration required)

"Bush v. Gore" (Dec. 12, 2000)  Cornell Law School;  Opinion, Concurrence, and Dissents by the Supreme Court Justices in their "Bush v. Gore" decision, ending the 2000 Presidential election imbroglio