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Exactly! I don't know how some of these idiots even get elected to "represent" us though, with such limited understanding of how our republic was designed to function.
It's not a lack of understanding. It's evil intentions.
Great idea. The electoral college is a system that doesn't make sense anymore given our increasingly urban population. One person, one vote. The concept seems pretty simple to me. Besides, if Congress believes eliminating it is a bad idea, the bill will fail and it won't matter anyway.
Archaic rules that no longer make sense need to be relegated to the dustbin of history. One person...one vote. The popular vote should determine the outcome. No other nation has this kind of nonsensical system.
This is the reason it makes plenty of sense since we are a republic of states, unlike any other country.
And? So?
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We must ask ourselves if we want a voting system that allows a President to be elected into office when less than ¼ of our nation voted for him or her. Or even if we want a voting process that allows a President to be elected when another candidate received just .5% more of the national popular vote, which actually happened just 16 years ago. In both cases, the collective demand of the American people is being denied.
By electing our President solely based on who the majority of our population selects, without the inclusion of an Electoral College, the vote of every American citizen would hold equal weight and significance. Under this new system, when we vote for President we would actually be voting for President, not instructing ‘electors’ on how we want them to vote. The will of the American people would always be executed and honored, and could never be thwarted.
Please let me know when the House gets the 2/3rds votes to pass, and then the Senate, and then 3/4ths of the states. You might ought not hold your breath or get too excited when you read HuffPo.
I am unsure why using the mechanisms provided to amend the Constitution is provoking such responses. I seem to recall that in the past, some posters have vehemently been against the Supreme Court "amending" constitutional law--well, here's somebody who is not resorting to the Supreme Court, and is following the rules to amend it. Isn't that how changes to the US Constitution are supposed to be made?
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On the other hand, more than 5000 bills are introduced each year. Vast majority dies on the vine.
This. I suspect this bill will go nowhere, but Mr. Cohen has obviously decided to give it a try.
The Electoral College protects America from the people who are stupid enough to believe that democrats stand a chance of eliminating the Electoral College.
neither amendment will pass, as they wont have enough votes in the senate to go out to the states for ratification. but on the off chance that these amendments do get enough votes, there wont be enough states that will ratify either amendment. so both of these will be ultimate failures.
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