To balance the power of states and the public in selecting U.S. presidents, the authors of the Constitution devised the Electoral College. The system gave each state a number of “electors” equal to their congressional delegation, and those voters would select the president. It was a cumbersome system born of compromise that had to be adjusted in 1804 through the 12th Amendment. …
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