2007-10-29 14:47:56 · 4 answers · asked by amaechi15 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
The founding fathers...check out the link below.
http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/INFORMATION/electcollege_history.php
2007-10-29 14:55:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It came out as a solution to many problems -- including the lack of real-time communications 230 years ago, as well as the issues of high-population states overwhelming low-population states when it came to voting.
Without detailed minutes of the entire Constitutional Convention process -- or unless someone's journal mentioned it -- it's impossible to tell which individual proposed which parts.
2007-10-29 14:58:14 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
James Wilson.
2007-10-29 14:56:07 · answer #3 · answered by Todd 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I thought it was one of Benjamin Franklin's ideas but I'm probably wrong!
2007-10-29 14:55:15 · answer #4 · answered by Colonel Obvious AM 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋