e Electoral College? This originally came from a
             number of debates about how to choose the right president. The had
             many suggestions one was to let Congress choose but it was shot down
             due to suspicion of corruption, and the fear dividing Congress and
             throwing off the balance between the executive and the legislative
             branches. So they came up with another idea of having the State
             Legislatures select the president. It also got voted down because the
             Framers felt that federal authority would be compromised in exchanges
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