The Use Of Electors-Clarification Part Three

 

The Use Of Electors-Clarification Part Three

The reason why electoral votes for Presidents should be assigned to each locality within a congressional district and why electoral votes for Vice-President should be assigned to each and every election precinct is simple.

Cross-voting is important but it should not be totally used. The US Constitution in the 12th Amendment clearly called for this method of voting to be partially used. It cited that if the electors failed to achieve a majority in choosing the President, then the House Of Representatives would choose the President but would have only one vote per state. This choosing would incorporate both the Population-Based model of voting and the Land-Based model of voting. The Population-Based model is used in this choosing because House Representatives are elected based on that model. The Land-Based model is used in this choosing because each state would be limited to one vote. 

The current choosing of electors for federal head executives is based on both the Population-Based model and the Land-Based model of voting. More populated states are allowed to have more electors and thus more electoral votes but not proportionately as each state is guaranteed a minimum of two electoral (at-large) votes. Additionally due to each state choosing only one candidate for President, cross-voting has to be used but not exclusively. Both models of voting have to be utilized in the choosing of Presidential and Vice-Presidential electors. Otherwise the capacity of both President and Vice-President becomes either too direct democratic if the choosing of either is solely based on the Population-Based model or too Imperial Democratic if the choosing is solely based on the Land-Based model. 

For the proposed choosing of Presidential electors, the Land-Based model would be more utilized because all the electoral votes assigned to each locality would be received by the candidate who received the highest number of popular votes by the eligible electorate (voters) PER LOCALITY. The Population-Based model would also be used since each locality would have electoral votes assigned to it according to its population. The Land-Based model would additionally be used as each state would choose two additional presidential at-large electors. The Population-Based model would furthermore be used because these two additional Presidential electors would be selected by each state's lower house (House of Delegates/Assemblymen). 

For the proposed choosing of Vice-Presidential electors, the Population-Based model would be used more so since the electoral votes assigned to each locality would be received by the candidate who received the highest number of votes by the eligible electorate (voters) PER ELECTION PRECINCT. The Land-Based model would also be used as each state would choose two additional vice-presidential at-large electors. The Land-Based model and Population-Based model would additionally be used because these two additional Vice-Presidential electors would be selected by both the state's upper house (State Senate) and the state's lower house (House of Delegates/Assemblypersons).