dazzleman
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« on: December 21, 2003, 07:22:17 AM » |
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I agree that the one big flaw in the electoral college system is the problem of faithless electors.
I don't think that electors should be individual people who can vote as they please. Electoral votes should just be assigned based upon the results of each state's election, in accordance with rules that were laid out in advance, whether they be winner take all or proportional representation.
Can you imagine the chaos if a Bush elector had been convinced to vote for Gore in 2000? After the whole Florida debacle, that would have thrown the whole country into constitutional chaos.
But as far as the whole philosophy of the electoral college, I think it has worked well, and does not need any real changes.
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