Search for “electoral college” in the last 12 hours in blogs reveals these items:
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One interesting item:
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Junk Arguments Against the Electoral College [Matthew J. Franck]
In today’s Wall Street Journal, Jonathan Soros (son of George) writes that “It’s Time to Junk the Electoral College.”
I have no doubt that the electoral college will survive this latest assault, but bad arguments ought to be slapped down anyway—especially on the very day when the electors meet in their state capitals to cast their official ballots.
Soros backs an idea first floated by the Brothers Amar (law professors Akhil and Vikram), which would undo the electoral college but not by amending the Constitution to eliminate it.
Instead, state legislatures (responsible for legislating the manner in which presidential electors are chosen) would write statutes that would award their electoral votes to the party whose candidate won a nationwide popular-vote majority.
Rest here:
http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTE3Y2ZlNjQ0YmMzNjc0MzRkODQzNWQzZDkwYjUxNzE=
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The man behind the curtain .. and he’ll be pulling
strings now ... more than ever. God help us.
That is one scary post!! Mob rule.
Soros and his spawn are pure evil. He will soon be POTUS.
Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, and Hawaii are so far the only states to pass the legislation desired by Soros and friends.
I knew about Maryland and NJ, but not Illinois and Hawaii. How interesting.
Here's a 10/31/08 blog post on the subject that might be buried deep in the Google blog search:
The Electoral College is a living legacy of slavery and must be overturned in favor of a National Popular Vote. And instant run-off voting, in which voters rank their choices and it takes a majority rather than a plurality to win, can begin to break the strangle-hold of big party machines.
The blog? Bill Ayers. The logic? Non-existent. (And no, I won't link it.)