If you read the words of Alexander Hamilton in Federalist #84, I think he intended as I wrote -- that the states would select Electors as a caucus of leading thoughtful people. That is NOT how it's done today.
Today, the candidates assemble slates of partisan electors who run as a bloc (represented by the candidate's name on the ballot). The winning candidate gets to send his bloc of electors to the Electoral College.
I would like to see electors run on their own merits and NOT as a party slate. I wouldn't mind a system where electors run independently in each Congressional district, and the voters choose their own electors one by one - no statewide slates. The state legislature can choose the two electors who represent the Senate Electoral College votes.
-PJ
That sounds like a great idea!
Americans...still looking for perfection.
Our faulty system is still the best though.
Someone gave me a copy of the Federalist Papers for Christmas. Now, I can refer.
Thanks.