Due to this tie, the election was turned over to the House of Representatives. The House finally chose a president, but not after they had met and voted 36 times. This led to the adoption of the 12th Amendment to the Constitution in 1804. This Amendment said that in order to eliminate ties, each Elector would cast one vote for president and a separate vote for vice president. In case of no majority, the House would select a president among the top 3 contenders. All other features of the Electoral College were not changed or improved. The next change in the college took place after the election of 1876, which involved Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden. In this election, the dispute was about the validity of the electoral votes of four states, which were crucial to the outcome. As a result of the dispute, it was the duty of Congress to settle it, but they too found themselves to be deadlocked. This led to the creation of the Electoral Commission of 1877, which chose Hayes on a party vote. Later, Congress passed a law that gave states exclusive powers to resolve all controversies involving the selection of electors. The last change that has been made to the Electoral College came by way of the 23rd Amendment. This Amendment gave residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote for three electors just as the residents of every other state.I think that the Electoral College should be eliminated because the people should be allowed to vote for the president directly, since the United States is a democracy. I feel that it is wrong for a candidate to be able win an election through electoral votes, but lose the popular vote. Having the Electoral College takes away the rights that the people should have....
