REJECTION OF REFORM
U.S. Electoral System (N.Z. Press Assn.—CopyrttM) WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. The United States Supreme Court yesterday rejected a move aimed at abolishing the electoral college system for electing the President and Vice-President. The Court acted on a constitutional challenge brought by the State of Delaware, which claimed that the win-ner-take-all system is unfair and discriminatory—especially to small States. Under the system, all a State’s electoral votes go to the candidate leading the popular vote. Refusing to hear the Delaware challenge—supported by 11 other States—the Supreme Court in effect rejected one more of scores of efforts to abolish or revise the system since it was devised by America’s Founding Fathers.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31195, 20 October 1966, Page 6
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111REJECTION OF REFORM Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31195, 20 October 1966, Page 6
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