Resolved, That the President of the United States should be elected by direct popular vote.
AFFIRMATIVE BRIEF.
INTRODUCTION.
I. The present method of electing the President of the United States has been both praised and condemned ever since the adoption of the Constitution.
A. Two methods of electing the President are under consideration: the present system whereby the President is elected by the electoral college, and the proposed system whereby the President would be elected by a direct popular vote.
II. These two systems may be described as follows:—
A. The present system has the following characteristics:—
1. Each state elects a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the state is entitled in Congress.
2. These electors are chosen as the Legislature of each state
may direct.
3. The electors meet in their respective states and vote by
ballot for the President.