Moreover, the electoral vote does not reflect the volume of voter participation within a state. If only a few voters go to the polls, all the electoral votes of the state are still cast. Finally, the electoral college system is flawed because the Constitution does not bind presidential electors to vote for the candidates to whom they have been pledged. Defecting electors in a close race could cause a crisis of confidence in our electoral system. The President should be directly elected by the people he or she will represent, just as the other federally elected official are in this country.
Direct election is the most representative system.
It is the only system guarantees the President will have received the most poplar votes. It also encourages voter participation by giving voters a direct and equal role in the election of the President. Of course, a direct popular vote does not preclude the possibility of a close three-way race in which no candidate receives a majority, or even a plurality, of the votes. The league believes that if no candidate receives more than 40 percent of the popular vote, then a national run-off election should be held. Until there is a constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college, the League supports the early establishment of clear rules and procedures for the House and Senate to handle their responsibilities in electing the President and Vice-President if there is no majority vote in the electoral college.