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Electoral College Reform

Why Is This Idea Important?: The "Leader of the Free World" should be elected in a way that fairly represents the popular vote of the United States of America. The Electoral College is an outdated, embarrassing relic.

Let us not forget what happened in the Presidental election of 2000. We need to reform the Electoral College system, and it can be done fairly and without a Constitutional Amendment. Congress needs to pass a law requiring all states to adopt proportional allocation of Electoral votes. In other words, if the Republican candidate receives 45% of the votes in a state, he or she gets 45% of the Electoral votes (instead of ZERO, as it now stands in 48 states). This is fair, it's simple, and easily doable.

If we can't get rid of of this dinosaur of a system, then this reform idea certainly fixes the problem -- and quickly. Done. Next problem.

Submitted by therring 4 years ago

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  1. Unsubscribed User

    The Electorial College has outlived its usefullness. It is time to really have every vote counted. Times have changed. Communications have changed and it is time to abolish the Electorial College.

    4 years ago
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  2. opengov

    I disagree that the EC has outlived its usefulness. However, this proposal is not about abolishing the EC, so I'll leave that debate for another forum.

    This proposal is about proportional allocation of the electoral votes. While I think the idea is good in principle, the Federal Government does not have the power to mandate how the States allocate their votes. A State could even have the legislature allocate electors with no voter involvement; it's completely allowed. If you want to make this argument, you have to do it at the State legislature level, not the Federal Government.

    4 years ago
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  3. therring Idea Submitter

    You are right. Article 2 of the Constitution states that "Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives...." Damn! It'll take an Amendment.

    4 years ago
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  4. Unsubscribed User

    The Electoral College is one of the brilliant checks the founding fathers of our country to protect our liberty.

    4 years ago
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  5. quarzacc

    Get rid of the EC

    3 years ago
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  6. cfpjlobo2

    The electoral college is necessary, since it provides the opportunity for all states to impact the election. I'm from NM with only a few electoral votes. It has been an important state in recent years, since the elections have been close; however, if we dissolved the electoral college, the major cities and states would dominate the "show."

    Eliminating the electoral college would be the same as basing the number of Senators each state receives on its population.

    I think an electoral college based upon the percent each candidate receives by population makes alot of sense. It would force politicians to pay attention to more states and create a more competitive field.

    3 years ago
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