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  • From: Rob <becida AT comcast.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Electoral college- was voter fraud
  • Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:28:51 -0700

At 10/31/2008 09:00 AM,Lisa K.V. Perry wrote:


What will it take to do away with the Electoral College and go with the
popular vote? For voting to be simple and uniform across the country and to
receive a bonafide receipt?

The EC was put there with the idea that all the states had some value in picking the national leader (think 13 sovereign states getting together to form a union). I guess in this day and age where eastern cities have more population than some western states there is no real reason to pretend the states are sovereign or have any real political value?

The NYC metro area (Tristate area) has over 18 m people while WY, SD, ND, MT, & AK together have less than 3.5 m people, where is a better place to spend the reelection dollars you've been bought with?

Rob
becida AT comcast.net
Now in western Washington, USA


When Benjamin Franklin was leaving Constitution Hall, the gathered crowds
wanted to know what kind of government the framers of the Constitution had
given them. His reply: "A Republic, if you can keep it."




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