[Ready4Freddy]

The Framers didn't expect slates of electors to be beholden to political parties - they wanted the electors to be able to vote for whomever they wanted.

We need to go back to what the founders wanted.

[William Tell]

Ready4Freddy said: "The Framers didn't expect slates of electors to be beholden to political parties - they wanted the electors to be able to vote for whomever they wanted. "

I'm sure that they didn't ignore the fact that electors would be elected based on which candidate the electors favored. Being beholden to political parties is just a consequence of needing to win in order to rule. The solution to this problem was to limit the power of government. Our Founders did that. Treasonous Supreme Courts have defeated it.

[mcg1969]

The Framers didn't expect slates of electors to be beholden to political parties - they wanted the electors to be able to vote for whomever they wanted.

Now how do you know that? The Founders made sure the states could select the electors in any manner they chose. In fact, we didn't even have direct election of electors until the 1800s. And I'm sure it didn't take long for states to figure out that to maximize their influence on the election, they should assign all their electors to a single candidate.

[Alberta's Child]

The Framers didn't expect slates of electors to be beholden to political parties - they wanted the electors to be able to vote for whomever they wanted.

The Framers also never envisioned a "democratic process" in which people were qualified to vote simply by reaching the age of 18. Most states required people to own property before they could vote.