The Electoral College: An Overview and Analysis of Reform Proposals
L. Paige Whitaker and Thomas H. Neale | Congressional Research Service
January 16, 2001

ABSTRACT

American voters elect the President and Vice President of the United States indirectly, through an arrangement known as the electoral college system. The electoral college system comprises a complex mosaic of constitutional provisions, state and federal laws, and political party rules and practices.

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