text: Since the trust of voters in the slate of electors can't be betrayed, why not put the power in the voters hands instead of people most of the voters have never even met?  The voters aren't even voting for the president in the electoral college system, they are voting for a slate of electors.  And in the text written by Plumer, that the voters can't even control who they're voting for!  Another claim in Plumer's article to back the last sentence up is:  "The House's selection can hadly be expected to reflect the will of the people."  That is just ludicrous!  Also, voters quite frequently "get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidates."