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submit that the preferred terminology in this case is

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"national" rather than "federal", because what is involved

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in what is here called a federal election is intended to

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be the election of the President and Vice President, and they

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are officers of the national government, and therefore the

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preferred term among writers on constitutional and political

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matters is "national" rather than "federal".

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Penniman.

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DELEGATE PENNIMAN: It is true that we elect

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national officers in the elections which are held within

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the states, and if we were to be wholly correct in this word

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ing we would speak about the election of national officers

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meaning the President and the Vice President in state

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elections.

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Since we have not gone to that length, it seems

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to me that in terms of the understanding of the average

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reader of this document or of the lawyer reading this

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document, there would be no doubt that the same persons

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were intended in either case.

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I hold no strong views on the matter, but we

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did know that the committee had discussed it, and we