Show Pitfalls Of Direct Election As proposals for change In in the method of electing a man to fill the highest office in the land and come under closer scrutiny the faults of the Electoral College College College Col Col- lege diminish by comparison For example example ex ex- ample upon investigation the merits of direct election of a President as provided pro vided in the Bayh amendment now before before before be be- fore Congress prove highly specious as numerous students of government and the law point out For one thing direct election of a President President President Pre Pre- could lead to numerous splinter parties and the weakening of the two two- party system which has given stability to our Republic and its constitutional government ever since its founding In addition to weakening the two two party system direct election of a President could create massive problems of recounting recounting recounting re re- counting close elections problems that might prove disastrous to the elective process In contrast to the Electoral College system under which vote counting dis dis- are limited to individual states direct national electon of a President would open a Pandora's box of probable probable probable pro pro- bable abuses that chill legal scholars and other students of this issue Mr Theodore II White writes of the direct election method To enforce honest vote vote counting counting in all aU the nations nation's precincts national policing becomes necessary ne ne- So too do uniform federal laws on voter qualifications Residence Residence Re Re- requirements too must be made uniform in all states The centralization required breaches all aU American tradition tion The more one studies the alternatives to the Electoral College system of electing elect ing U U. S S. S Presidents which has worked successfully for years the more the wisdom of our forefathers becomes apparent ap ap- parent There are many pitfalls In the path of liberty and aud self self government Studies are showing that direct election of the Pre President of the United States is one of them |