The North American Review, Volume 163Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 185
To be sure , this vote practically includes the whole Democratic vote in the States
of Colorado , Idaho , Kansas , North Dakota , and Wyoming , where no
Democratic electors were placed in nomination . Deducting a fair estimate of the
...
To be sure , this vote practically includes the whole Democratic vote in the States
of Colorado , Idaho , Kansas , North Dakota , and Wyoming , where no
Democratic electors were placed in nomination . Deducting a fair estimate of the
...
Page 406
The electors were not chosen to act as passive agents in carrying out imperative
instructions , which it would be political treason to depart from under any
conceivable exigency , although as representatives of the people they could not
do ...
The electors were not chosen to act as passive agents in carrying out imperative
instructions , which it would be political treason to depart from under any
conceivable exigency , although as representatives of the people they could not
do ...
Page 407
It was not long after the system was set in operation till the provision requiring the
electors to vote only for candidates for the Presidency , making the one who
received the highest vote the President , and the one who received the largest
vote ...
It was not long after the system was set in operation till the provision requiring the
electors to vote only for candidates for the Presidency , making the one who
received the highest vote the President , and the one who received the largest
vote ...
Page 408
Voting by States is the fundamental idea in it , its basal thought , as it is also in the
alternative provision for an election by the House of Representatives , in the
event of a failure to elect by the electors chosen by the States . It is evident that
the ...
Voting by States is the fundamental idea in it , its basal thought , as it is also in the
alternative provision for an election by the House of Representatives , in the
event of a failure to elect by the electors chosen by the States . It is evident that
the ...
Page 409
In the present system the advantage of the individual voter for electors is with the
voters in the larger States . This is an inequality that should be remedied ; for ,
while there is no good reason why a State like Rhode Island or Nevada , or some
...
In the present system the advantage of the individual voter for electors is with the
voters in the larger States . This is an inequality that should be remedied ; for ,
while there is no good reason why a State like Rhode Island or Nevada , or some
...
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| Title | The North American Review, Volume 163 Volumes 181-183; Volumes 270-281; Volumes 1613-1647 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 Issue 30409 of Microbook library of American civilization |
| Contributors | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Publisher | O. Everett, 1896 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Sep 2006 |
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