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To avoid this happening one would need to have 10 mini-elections in each case for selection of one of the two nominees of the Chief Executive. That would seem to be not too dissimilar to a mere device and offer no real choice to the electoral college.
6 I think we need to put these thoughts to Hong Kong and ask them whether the alternative, which has some elements of similari- ty to the American system of proposing high officials for nomina- tion by the Senate would not seem less devious even though the formal election would be a mere device.
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