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"The Electoral College is an outdated, undemocratic system that does not reflect our modern society, and it needs to change immediately"

Babs, all of those years in the Senate and you still never figured out that we live in a constitutional republic, not a democracy, hence in some ways we can be undemocratic. The founders put this in among other things so that we have a devolution of power and the majority cannot tyrannize the minority. I know you think that the California liberals are the most important people on the planet, but the founders thought that the farmers in Iowa and the ranchers in Wyoming were equally important and deserve a say....

1 posted on 11/16/2016 6:21:34 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

So why have “United States” anymore if 10-12 states are against the wishes of 38-40 states? Might as well dissolve the Union.


27 posted on 11/16/2016 6:31:35 AM PST by realcleanguy
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Kabuki, thank goodness.


31 posted on 11/16/2016 6:35:48 AM PST by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Notice how Dems always use ones retiring - Boxer or Dingy Harry - or not up for re-election for these stunts.

You’ll know to take them seriously when they use someone up for re-election soon.

More tricks and lies from the dems.


33 posted on 11/16/2016 6:36:52 AM PST by AC86UT89
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Defeat it; we don't want the big cities to be dictating the presidential vote.


36 posted on 11/16/2016 6:39:43 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Came in as a twit; leaves as a twit.

WITH California, Hillary leads the popular votes counted by about 950,000.

WITHOUT California, Trump leads the popular votes counted by 2.1 million.

In other words, 49 States’ popular votes overwhelmingly preferred Trump. In fact, a MAJORITY of Americans outside of California voted for Trump (51%). And this INCLUDES the liberal bastions of New York and Massachusetts.

Take a hike (soon to be ex) Sen. Boxer!

Now who is out of the mainstream of America?


38 posted on 11/16/2016 6:44:16 AM PST by Be Free (I believe in gun control. The more people that control their own guns, the safer we'll all be.)
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"The Electoral College is an outdated, undemocratic system that does not reflect our modern society, and it needs to change immediately. Every American should be guaranteed that their vote counts."

What has changed in modern society that necessitates a move from the electoral college to a popular vote? Tyranny and mob rule, and our Constitutional Republic's 237 year effort to protect the citizens' rights from both hasn't changed.

39 posted on 11/16/2016 6:44:16 AM PST by ripnbang
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Does the bill include provisions for a runoff election in case no candidate wins a majority of the national popular vote? Clinton may at the moment have more votes than Trump, but the last time I checked, she did not have over 48%.

But that’s another issue the Electoral College SOLVES.


40 posted on 11/16/2016 6:45:22 AM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Tell her to remove all the dead and illegals from the voter rolls and then see if she still wants to do it........it wouldn’t have helped them this time except for the dead and illegals that voted....


41 posted on 11/16/2016 6:45:26 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Let’s first count all of the absentee ballots (they don’t count them you know unless it’s within the margin) and you’ll see Trump won the popular vote too. Then let’s hear what she has to say ...


42 posted on 11/16/2016 6:46:02 AM PST by Scythian_Reborn
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

If I were dyslexic, I would have smiled as I read the headline as this:

ELECTORAL COLLEGE TO INTRODUCE BILL TO END BARBARA BOXER


43 posted on 11/16/2016 6:47:06 AM PST by doug from upland (Many of us knew Clinton was a rapist 24 years ago)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Given the chance the Democrats would federalize your local public schools and city governments.


44 posted on 11/16/2016 6:48:28 AM PST by Senator_Blutarski
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

She can introduce all the bills she likes. It won;t do any good. It will take a Constitutional Amendment to eliminate the Electoral College. It does not surprise me that her idiots believe that is all it would take. In reality, it won’t matter anyway. After we die off, the Nation won’t last a week with the SJWs that populate the colleges and universities running it.

This election we tried one more time to give them back a Constitutional Republic and up to now they are shitting on it. Hell with them let the sobs starve to death.Let them live like the North Koreans.


46 posted on 11/16/2016 6:51:02 AM PST by sport
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It requires a constitutional amendment.


48 posted on 11/16/2016 7:02:15 AM PST by I want the USA back (The media is acting full-on as the Democratic Party's press agency now: Robert Spencer)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Boxer is a has-been. Maybe she and Pelosi can share a room in “the home.”


50 posted on 11/16/2016 7:02:56 AM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Get rid of the senate for the same reason.


52 posted on 11/16/2016 7:04:46 AM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

We the People, in order to reform a more perfect union, need to return the United States Senate to its rightful place, as a representative of the States to the Federal government. To do that, we will need to write an amendment, getting rid of the 17th, and return power to the place it belongs, with the people.

If we do that, Senators will be no more than State servants, and if in place today, there would be a 60+ Republican majority seated in that “August body”..in my best William F Buckley voice.


54 posted on 11/16/2016 7:07:06 AM PST by Glad2bnuts (If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

She really needs to take that course at Hillsdale College on the Constitution. I believe it takes an amendment of the Constitution to change the electoral college. And with the Republicans holding 46 of the 50 statehouses, that might be a problem. Oh well, it makes her low IQ constituents happy, and that’s all that matters for a Democrat.


55 posted on 11/16/2016 7:07:41 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else.)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

In our legislative branch, the House represents population and the Senate represents states.

Our presidential election process should similiarly give weight to both population and states.


57 posted on 11/16/2016 7:08:24 AM PST by cymbeline
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“The Electoral College is an outdated, undemocratic system that does not reflect our modern society, and it needs to change immediately”


I love when people want to end a thing because it’s not “modern”.

Usually only ignorant kids make that argument. For an old person to make it, well as they say:

With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.


58 posted on 11/16/2016 7:10:03 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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This woman does not even understand how our government is set up and what would be needed to change the electoral collage.....ugh.

Being a slave to NY and California's illegal voting.....NO THANKS!

59 posted on 11/16/2016 7:10:14 AM PST by Lady Heron
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