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To: EternalVigilance

The correct reform to the Electoral College, in view of the rise of political parties, would be to require all states to adopt the Maine/Nebraska system of apportioning one elector to the winner of the popular vote in each Congressional district, and two electors to the winner of the popular vote state-wide.

It would preserve the Founders intent of diluting popular enthusiasm and giving the states a voice.


67 posted on 06/03/2011 8:56:03 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: The_Reader_David
...require all states to adopt the Maine/Nebraska system of apportioning one elector to the winner of the popular vote in each Congressional district, and two electors to the winner of the popular vote state-wide.

I would be in favor of that, it would prevent the constant loss of Republican/conservative EVs that occur in the "winner take all" blue states. For many of us in blue states, it is painful to see all of the EVs go to the Dim candidate even from districts that are always red.

133 posted on 06/04/2011 2:50:28 PM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.")
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