"Get Rid of the Electoral College"

According to Michael Medved contributor to Newsweek The Daily Beast: "No candidate without major party backing can be president if we don’t get rid of the Electoral College."

To read the full article visit:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/03/drop-the-fantasy-of-a-third-party-candidate-winning-in-2012.html

What is the Electoral College?

• Twenty-seven states have legal requirements or pledges

Electors in these states are bound by state law or by pledges to cast their vote for a specific candidate. 

• Twenty-four states have no legal requirement

Electors in these states are not bound by state law to cast their vote for a specific candidate.

For more information on the Electoral College and the election responsibilities of the states and the Archivist of the United States, contact the Office of the Federal Register at 202-741-6030, or email electoral_College@nara.gov.

Contacts:

• Amy Bunk,
       Director of Legal Affairs and Policy

http://idebate.org/debatabase/debates/constitutional-governance/house-would-abolish-us-electoral-college