The electors who choose the President were considered to be representatives of the individual states. The states were allowed to determine their own method of choosing their electors, but I think the expectation was the state legislatures would choose them.
What was the purpose of the Electoral College when the Framers wrote the Constitution?
It's in the constitution.
No, the electoral college still exists and likely will for a while. It is a fundamental part of how we choose the president in America. It is in the U.S. Constitution.
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The Electoral College does not make or repeal amendments to the Constitution.
The U.S. Constitution does not use the phrase "electoral college". It just refers to them as "electors".
It Is the Electoral College
An electoral college.
The United States Constitution
The electoral college
Electoral Collage... this system established by the Constitution to elect the president.
The electoral college is described in Article II, Section 1 and in the Twelfth Amendment of the US Constitution.The electoral college is described in Article II, Section 1 and in the Twelfth Amendment of the US Constitution.