Time Out For The Electoral College American citizens are naive about the function of the Electoral College because they mistakenly believe they directly elect the President and Vice President when in reality the “Electors” who represent the candidates express the votes of the electoral college. The Electoral College Two hundred years ago, the framers of the Constitution delineated the Electoral College when they disagreed about who should elect the president and disagreed about the role of the people, Congress, and the states in the political process. Some were in favor of direct voting while others had no faith in people voting. The compromise became what is now the Electoral College. In the two-hundred-year history of the Electoral College, many have proposed eliminating it as a method of electing Presidents and Vice Presidents. Therefore, the question is, “What makes maintaining the Electoral College necessary as a method of electing presidents and vice presidents and should it be eliminated?” The Electoral College is the process in which we vote for presidents and vice presidents in America. Most Americans are unaware of the role of the Electoral College, perhaps because they mistakenly believe they directly elect the president and vice president. What they do, however, when they vote to elect the president and vice president, is vote for officials known as “electors” assigned to each presidential candidate. These electors have only one responsibility and that is to select the president and vice president. When the candidate wins the popular vote in... middle of paper... the American people will continue to face the Electoral College system as it is and all the problems we believe are present. ReferencesDell K., Temporal Elections (2004). The electoral college explained. Retrieved December 5, 2005, from http://www.time.com/time/election2004/article/0,18471,749496,00.htmlLeip, D., (2003). The electoral college. Retrieved December 5, 2005, from http://uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/INFORMATION/electcollege_procon.phpMagleby, D., O'Brien, D., Light, P., Burns, J., Peltason, J., & Cronin, T. sixth edition (2005) The government of the people. The electoral college (page 186). Pearson: Prentice Hall©2006Rock the Vote, (2005). Elections 101, the general election. Retrieved December 5, 2005, from http://www.rockthevote.com/rtv_elections_101_general.php