monday after the second wednesday in doecember. now you know you re deep in the world of ritual when your meeting must occur on the first monday after the second wednesday in december. it sounds like you re deep into the world of cultish superstition. those words are actually written in law to specify when the electoral college meets many of the and just by reading them, just by saying them, you can feel the absurdity of the electoral college, how outdated it is. the electoral college is one of the most enduring mistakes of the founding fathers. and the two men who designed the electoral college would be horrified at what it has become. they believed that the way it operates today was unconstitutional. a serious violation of the spirit of the constitution. the constitution was written by men who did not trust voters. they didn t trust them completely. in the federal government, they allowed voters to elect only
the president but for an elector. someone smarter than themselves who then would vote for president of the united states when the electoral college met at a later date. that date was formalized in law in 1887 as the first monday after the second wednesday in december. in madison and hamilton s view, the electors were free to vote for whoever they wanted to vote for for president. they believed that back then, new york state s is 12 electors each, could and should make up their own mind as to who the next president should be. new york might produce four votes for one candidate, three for another candidate, three for another then two for another. they didn t want new york state s electors to get together and make a political deal to all vote for the same candidate. madison and hamilton became