Electing to Reform: Maine and the District Plan for Selection of Presidential Electors.

This paper discusses the District Plan for selection of presidential electors and how Maine came to be the first state to enact it in the 20th Century in 1969. The paper describes and assesses some of the conditions that may have made this landmark event in American electoral history possible. This District Plan is contrasted with other alternatives, such as leaving the Electoral College unchanged; the Automatic, Proportional, and House Plans; and direct election plans. Arguments concerning each are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]