[Plumrodimus]

What is more, Chafee said, is that a tie in the Electoral College in a presidential election would push the decision into the House of Representatives, where each state would get one vote. That, Chafee said, would not be a representative system.

Chafee should realize that the House of Representatives is a representative system based on population. Each Representative would get a vote, not each state...

[Plumrodimus]

What is more, Chafee said, is that a tie in the Electoral College in a presidential election would push the decision into the House of Representatives, where each state would get one vote. That, Chafee said, would not be a representative system.

Rephrasing my previous post: Chafee should realize that the House of Representatives is a representative system based on population. Each Representative would get to vote to determine the result of the state's single vote. It's still a combination of popular vote and vote by the states.