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The Constitution Comes To The County Unit: Georgia’S State Level Electoral College, David Crockett
The Constitution Comes To The County Unit: Georgia’S State Level Electoral College, David Crockett
Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity (Inactive)
As Prof. Akhil Amar outlines in his work, America’s Constitution: A Biography, the Philadelphia Plan and its outline of a stronger executive power inspired replication on the state level. States from Massachusetts to Georgia strengthened the power of their governors, with many granting them independent elections and a veto pen. Over time, most states replicated the Federal terms of office, and currently all but two states hold quadrennial gubernatorial elections balanced with biennial or other staggered legislative terms. Yet, even as many states replicated features of Article II, from the veto to the establishment of “supreme executive power,” nearly …