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The Electoral College

How the Electoral College Works

The Distribution of Electoral College Votes amongst the States (1981-1990 and 1991-2000)

A Brief History of the Electoral College along with pro's and con's and a selected bibliography. (This document-around 20 pages in all-is in PDF format. Once downloaded, it may be viewed or printed using the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader).

For Electoral College and popular votes in past presedential elections, link to the Electoral College Home Page of the National Archives on http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/elctcoll/index.html

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