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my us and fedral state consitution it says : These electors came to be known as the Electoral College but the Constitution itself does not mention the term electoral college

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This is how you use Electoral College in a sentence. (this is a fail...look at mine! :) :P) The electoral college represents a states population.


How do you use the word electoral college in a sentence?

The electoral college represents a states population.


What is individual voters the electoral college called?

The U.S. Constitution does not use the phrase "electoral college". It just refers to them as "electors".


What systerm do you use to elect your president?

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What is the indirect method you use to elect the president?

Electoral College.


Who decides when the electoral college casts its vote for the president?

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Did the Greeks have an Electoral College System?

No. The modern electoral college system originates from the Holy Roman Empire, which from 1376 to 1792 had a college of "Prince-Electors" - powerful and prominent monarchs, nobles or ecclesiastical office holders - who would chose a ruler within one of the Empire's nations to become Holy Roman Emperor. At no stage in its history, past or present, has Greece made use of an electoral college system.


Which amendment created the electoral college system use for the electing the president of the us?

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Why do we have the Electoral College?

We still use the Electoral College today because there is still support for electing the president by a national popular vote, eliminating the process of assigning electors among the state by rules that violate the principle of one person, one vote.


What has most dramatically reshaped the electoral college from it's intended purpose out of the political parties the cabinet the senate or the court decisions?

Political parties have most dramatically reshaped the electoral college from its intended purpose. A result of party practices were the use of the electoral college as a "rubber stamp" for the popular vote.


The use of an electoral college to select a president was?

The president of the United States is elected to office by the electoral college as opposed to popular vote. Any candidate who wins the presidency has to have a majority of at least 270 electoral votes. If no candidate receives a majority, the election will need to be decided via a procedure outlined in the Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution.


What was the reason behind the use of an electoral college to select a president?

fear of placing too much power in the hands of the people.