I read this and failed to just get into the gist of what the author is say with respect to whatever he knew about Sun Systems whatever.
I’m all for strengthening the Electoral college. It think ALL of the states should have “faithless elector” laws and punishment (jail) for those who violate the will of a true and legal vote in a particular states.
I am IN NO WAY willing to give up any part of the Electoral College in deciding the election, however. Definitely NOT decision by national popular vote. No way, no how!
The founders’ establishment of the college assures that each state in this vast and diverse union has its own regional interests and goals at least counting for something on selection of a president.
If this country goes to a popular vote then it becomes nothing more than mob rule mentality and a very small part of this vast and diverse UNION of STATES will have a say in how things are done - try LA, SF, and NYC running everything. No WAY in cowboy hell.
I'd consider the entire country changing to what Maine and Nebraska do: 1 EV per Congressional District and 2 EV per state.
But, I think it would require some standardization for drawing district lines, to reduce gerrymandering.
Both would require a Constitutional amendment, because CA, NY (and TX!) would never do it voluntarily.
Agreed. Changing the Constitution is not the solution to our problems, voting fraud or otherwise.
Our problem is corruption. Period.
Rooting out corruption would resolve our voting problems, our problems with the DOJ, IRS, the Congress and just about everything else from labor unions to the school teachers union.
This election was really about corruption. Certainly everyone has an issue that was of vital interest to them. To some it was the military. To others, abortion. To others, national security....and so on.
But to almost everyone there was the issue of corruption.
Trump must clean house.
If we had decision by popular vote we'd be talking about President-elect Clinton right now.