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→History: Slavery is not any reason we have the Electoral College
The electoral college came into being in part because of [[James Wilson]], who was an early promoter of the concept.<ref>[http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2016/10/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-electoral-college/ Five things you need to know about the Electoral College]</ref> [[Pierce Butler (Founding Father)]] also supported the system early in the convention, as he was looking for a way to protect the electoral process against corruption and foreign intrigue.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Z_2PcXA9pxoC&pg=PR25 The Letters of Pierce Butler, 1790-1794: Nation Building and Enterprise in the New American Republic]</ref>
The electoral college came into being in part because of [[James Wilson]], who was an early promoter of the concept.<ref>[http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2016/10/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-electoral-college/ Five things you need to know about the Electoral College]</ref> [[Pierce Butler (Founding Father)]] also supported the system early in the convention, as he was looking for a way to protect the electoral process against corruption and foreign intrigue.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Z_2PcXA9pxoC&pg=PR25 The Letters of Pierce Butler, 1790-1794: Nation Building and Enterprise in the New American Republic]</ref>
===Slavery===
The issue of slavery was not a reason for the introduction of the Electoral College. After the results of the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]], the [[Race card]] was employed in an attempt to shame supporters of the college and the results of the recent election.<ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/lauretta-brown/rep-john-conyers-electoral-college-rooted-slavery Rep. John Conyers: 'The Electoral College Is Rooted in Slavery'], [[CNS News]]</ref><ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/12/ny_times_scrap_the_electoral_college_because_of_slavery.html NY Times: Scrap the Electoral College because of slavery], [[American Thinker]]</ref><ref>[http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/campaign/308175-how-the-electoral-college-changes-the-value-of-a-person-a-bit How the Electoral College changes the value of a person, a bit like slavery did], [[The Hill (newspaper)]]</ref>
The timeline of the convention does not follow this conclusion. The college was a reaction to a proposal which was made as a part of the Virginia Plan, originally introduced on May 29th, 1787.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wYjvr7iCJVUC&pg=PA12 Taming the Electoral College]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QmwRmsAjCCUC&pg=PA30 Constitutional Reform and Effective Government]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XdWbAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA42 The American Revolution and the Young Republic: 1763 to 1816]</ref> It was viewed as dangerous for the president to be elected by the Congress(the original mode of the Virginia Plan), so to keep the executive independent the college was devised.
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