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.   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.

Aiken is professor of history at the University of Idaho where she has been a 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.