I think we must distinguish between the polity in 1787 (or now) and the persons empowered by that polity to elect the President, the electoral college, or, in some circumstances, the reconstituted House. Only the persons empowered by the polity and designated by them in the Constitution can elect the President of the United States.

DEFINE: Clarifies the legal distinction between the general polity and the specific institutions (electoral college, reconstituted House) empowered by the Constitution to elect the President.

Philip Chase Bobbitt, Philip Chase Bobbitt - Refl…, loc. 294