Georgia Republican says he might withhold electoral college vote from Trump (user search)
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« on: August 03, 2016, 11:47:56 PM »

Agreed. I'm no Trump fan (I think he's a walking, talking, orange threat to our nation's wellbeing) but faithless electors should be illegal. And the electoral college should be made proportional.

I agree on the proportional concept of electoral votes as long as it's not done by who wins each congressional district, because that would pave the way for someone winning 60% in a state and getting 1/3 of the EVs.

As far as this situation it should absolutely be illegal, but it also shows the flaws of the electoral college--it is realistically possible that if the election is close enough, a small group of people could deny the winner their victory--EV's should be more of a point system rather than leaving it up to actual people who may or may not follow the rules.

I'm in favor of allocating electoral votes proportionally. A third party candidate can get 15% in many states and will come out with almost 80 electoral votes. Smiley
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