The Electoral College The United States has a complicated voting system that most citizens do not understand. The Electoral College has been in place for two hundred years, and is beginning to show its age. The process places the vote for the president in the hands of electors. The State’s votes, when counted, then determine which candidate receives the absolute majority, one over a half, and then receives that State’s entire Electoral College …showed first 75 words of 1268 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1268 total…to work? Many say, “That if it isn’t broken why fix it?” Fixing the Electoral College may not be the answer, but preparing for the day it does not work may be the answer. New ideas need to be generated. The United States is a different place from its birth, for that reason preparation for the downfall of the Electoral College should be looked at rather than remaining with what everyone is comfortable with.