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What follows is probably a borderline ASB idea, and I understand the plausibility issues involved.

What if the Constitution read:
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:
the Legislature of each state shall appoint, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

Now assuming that with this alteration the constitution still passes, I don't think things change too much in the short term. Washington is still going to be President under this system in all probability. But where do things go from there? How long would this election by state legislature system last? How does this change the American political system?
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