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According to Michael Medved contributor to Newsweek The Daily Beast; "No candidate without major party backing can be president if we don’t get rid of the Electoral College."

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What is the Electoral College?

27 states have legal requirements or pledges
Electors in these states are bound by state law or by pledges to cast their vote for a specific candidate.

24 states have no legal requirement
Electors in these states are not bound by state law to cast their vote for a specific candidate:

For more information on the Electoral College and the election responsibilities of the States and the Archivist of the United States, contact the Office of the Federal Register:

Telephone: 202-741-6030

E-Mail: electoral_College@nara.gov

Contacts:

  • Amy Bunk,
         Director of Legal Affairs and Policy

  • Miriam Vincent,
         Staff Attorney
  • http://idebate.org/debatabase/debates/constitutional-governance/house-would-abolish-us-electoral-college

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