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greg finally we agree on something murph 58/10 On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 23:55:59 -0500 Greg Sterling <[log in to unmask]> writes: > If you do away with the electoral college be prepared for national > recounts taking weeks or months. Also, people in states with small > populations may as well move east or west if they ever want to see a > candidate. They'll be spending all of their time and money wooing > the large metropolitan centers where the votes are. If you don't > believe this just look at the current election. GWB carried the > majority of the country geographically, but Gore won the popular > vote. The E.C. limits the recounts to single states and gives each > state proportionate worth. If the E.C. is eliminated the next thing > to go may be the concept of two senators per state. Why give > California and Rhode Island the same power in the Senate? > > Greg > 48/35/35 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dick Swindler" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 11:29 PM > Subject: Re: (fwd) RALLY IN PALM BEACH > > > > Darwin - > > > > The framers of the constitution were addressing the situation at > the time, > > when many people were illiterate, and there was little means of > communication > > from one place to another. They didn't trust the voters to make > informed > > decisions. I'm not saying everyone in the country today makes > informed > > decisions, either, but the means of communication exist for them > to do so. I > > say it's time to change the archaic electoral college provision > and allow us > > to be a true democracy. > > > > We hear so much about why people don't get out and vote. I can > tell you that > > I still vote, although every four years I wonder why I bother. I > live in a > > state dominated by the "opposite" party, so every single time I've > voted for > > a president, my vote ends up being treated as if it didn't exist. > I don't > > see how there's any fairness in a system that tosses out the votes > of > > slightly less than half its citizens during every presidential > election. > > Maybe if people thought their votes truly counted, more would get > out and > > vote. And I don't mean that handful of people in Florida this > time whose > > votes really matter. I mean all the rest of us whose presidential > votes have > > never counted, once, in a lifetime of voting. > > > > Margie > > > > << > > Changing the subject a little. There is such a hoopla about > popular vote. > > That is as totally meaningless as deciding who is elected by > whose wife > > weighs the most. We are a Republic not a Democracy and anyone who > doesn't > > know the difference shouldn't be participating in the election > process in > > the first place. We are a Federation of States, whence the name > United > > States of America. People do not elect the President, by our > Constitution, > > the states do, and it is up to each state to survey/poll their > citizens > > using laws they have established to determine who they are going > to vote for > > to represent them in the Executive Branch. >> > >