http://www.america.govpublications/ejournalusa/0908/featured-stories2.html.rss http://www.america.govhttp://america.amgovcms.iip/publications/ejournalusa/0908/featured-stories2/electoral-systems-in-international-perspective The U.S. Electoral College has features common to other election systems around the world but combined in a unique way. Andrew Ellis is director of operations for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) in Stockholm, Sweden. http://www.america.govhttp://america.amgovcms.iip/publications/ejournalusa/0908/featured-stories2/electoral-systems-in-international-perspective Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:24:42 -0400 http://www.america.govhttp://america.amgovcms.iip/publications/ejournalusa/0908/featured-stories2/the-electoral-college-a-french-view The U.S. system for electing the president remains mysterious to the French, but some elements of the two countries’ political systems actually seem to be converging. André Kaspi is professor of North American history at University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. This article was translated into English from the original French. http://www.america.govhttp://america.amgovcms.iip/publications/ejournalusa/0908/featured-stories2/the-electoral-college-a-french-view Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:23:09 -0400 http://www.america.govhttp://america.amgovcms.iip/publications/ejournalusa/0908/featured-stories2/across-the-atlantic-some-surprising-similarities The U.S. and British election systems are quite different, but they sometimes produce oddly similar outcomes. Philip John Davies is professor of American studies at De Montfort University, Leicester, and director of the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library, London, England. http://www.america.govhttp://america.amgovcms.iip/publications/ejournalusa/0908/featured-stories2/across-the-atlantic-some-surprising-similarities Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:21:07 -0400