<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Katherine G. Aiken presented “The Electoral College: How the Numbers Add Up and Why” at the Moscow League of Women Voters forum on February 22nd in the Fiske Room of the 1912 Center.<o:p> </o:p> The discussion covered: how the Electoral College works; why the framers created the Electoral College; and a brief history of the institution in controversial elections.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Aiken is professor of history at the University of Idaho where she has been a<o:p> </o:p>faculty member for more than 30 years. She is the author of four books and numerous articles dealing with the history of women, environmental history, social and cultural history, and the history of Idaho. She is past chair of the Idaho Humanities Council.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Videos and photos of this presentation are accessible at:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>"The Electoral College: How the Numbers Add Up and Why"</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/LWV/Electoral_College_022217">http://www.MoscowCares.com/LWV/Electoral_College_022217</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Photos and videos from previous presentations by the League of Women Voters of Moscow may be accessible at:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>"League of Women Voters of Moscow"</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align: start; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/LWV">http://www.MoscowCares.com/LWV</a></span></p><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></body></html>