Only 15 of the 24 states chose electors by popular vote.
Only 10 of the 17 states chose electors by popular vote.
Only 9 of the 18 states chose electors by popular vote.
The current system of choosing electors is called the "short ballot."
The original method of choosing electors was by state legislative choice.
Only 6 of the 16 states chose electors by any form of popular vote.
Since the Civil War, all states have chosen electors by popular vote.
The Vermont legislature chose presidential electors through the general election of 1824.
The proceedings began this afternoon with the first reading in both houses of a resolution the must pass before choosing electors.
During the first presidential election in 1789, only 6 of the 13 original states chose electors by any form of popular vote.
