Homework due Thursday, October 23
• Read Basic Principles, Ch 5, pp 108-127
• Be prepared for a reading quiz
• Complete the attached assignment about how convention delegates are chosen
• Read the following handouts in preparation for forthcoming debate on the Electoral College (date TBA)
Tara Ross, “The Electoral College: Enlightened Democracy”
Glenn C. Altschuler, “Second-Guessing the Founders, Dissing the Electoral College”
• In preparation for the above debate, peruse the following website and the entries noted
http://www.opposingviews.com
On the home page, click on “End the Electoral College?” (in the middle column, third topic listed, with the heading “Politics”). This brings you to a page with the heading, “Better Election System: Popular Vote or Electoral College?”
Read the articles under Evergreen Freedom Foundation, Tara Ross, National Popular Vote, and Common Cause. Pay particular attention to any objections to articles from the opposing viewpoint.
If, for some Internet reason having to do with crossed signals in outer space, you cannot get to the “Better Election System. . .” page from the Opposing Views home page, you can go straight to it with this URL:
http://www.opposingviews.com/questions/better-election-system-popular-vote-or-electoral-college
Homework Assignment due October 23
Convention Delegates Report
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