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Actually, part of the purpose of the electoral college was also to balance 
power between big and small states (population wise).?? I like it, because as 
a resident of a "small" state, it gives me more of a voice than I would 
otherwise have.?? Otherwise, one would only need to campaign in the cities.

Ray







-----Original Message-----
From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:34 am
Subject: Re: [Homestead] voter fraud




I'm just not happy with the whole electoral college thing. Every vote 
DOESN'T count. I'm in PA, and my vote, through my elector, will go to 
Obama (he has a 9.5 point lead here), no matter who I vote for. The 
Electoral system makes elections into a game which someone can win even 
though more people voted for the other guy. But hey; I just got to hang 
up the phone on President Clinton...he only calls me when he wants 
something :-)

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA

rayzentz AT aim.com wrote:
> I wrongly used "populace". Sorry. I was referring to those same "electors", 
who were also initially required to be landowners, and male.
> 
> Hmmm...???????????? ?? ;-)
> 
> Ray
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lynn Wigglesworth 
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:07 am
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] voter fraud
> 
> 
> 
> 
> rayzentz AT aim.com wrote:
>> The founders assumed an active, independant-minded, educated populace, 
>> that 
> would choose with honesty and foresight.?We were warned by some of them 
> what 
> could happen.
> 
> Actually, they didn't. They assumed we were a bunch of ignorant rabble; 
> that's why we have indirect elections. We elect the electors and they 
> elect the president and vice president. The original idea was that 
> Congress was supposed to elect the President and Vice President.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
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