Yep, the founders assumed that elector’s votes would be secret and thus the ability to reject illegal electors wouldn’t offer the VP any opportunity to effect the election, because the certificates would all be sealed, and he wouldn’t know who the votes were for.
States have thrown out how this is supposed to work by passing laws that attempt to shift the power to the people, and try to control the nomination and voting if the electors. This maneuver both creates an opportunity for fraud which doesn’t exist in the original design, but also a method for curing fraud.
Yep, the founders assumed that elector’s votes would be secret and thus the ability to reject illegal electors wouldn’t offer the VP any opportunity to effect the election, because the certificates would all be sealed, and he wouldn’t know who the votes were for.
States have thrown out how this is supposed to work by passing laws that attempt to shift the power to the people, and try to control the nomination and voting if the electors. This maneuver both creates an opportunity for fraud which doesn’t exist in the original design, but also a method for curing fraud.
The electors were supposed to be random members of the public.