tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11630456.post114107243095270865..comments2023-12-21T05:26:14.642-05:00Comments on duh: How to Elect a PresidentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11630456.post-1141365581940340882006-03-03T00:59:00.000-05:002006-03-03T00:59:00.000-05:00Well said.There's a topnotch new report showing ju...Well said.<BR/><BR/>There's a topnotch new report showing just how much worse the current Electoral College system has become at www.fairvote.org/presidentialDemocracyAdvocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07491348996472674129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11630456.post-1141164957767208002006-02-28T17:15:00.000-05:002006-02-28T17:15:00.000-05:00Well in either case, the general theorey is that n...Well in either case, the general theorey is that no matter what possible outcome, the democratic process essentially mandates that the people should get what they want. So on a state by state basis (built on the previously ok system of the electoral college) we should let the people decide.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990204805709725942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11630456.post-1141097212502724032006-02-27T22:26:00.000-05:002006-02-27T22:26:00.000-05:00I like the idea. But I can also see where it coul...I like the idea. But I can also see where it could be attacked as the oppression by the majority to subvert the electoral system and equal protection arguments and such. To avoid it being such "a hack" the threshold should perhaps be 404 votes before it is effective which is the 3/4 threshold used to amend the Constitution. It certainly would represent a sense of what people want. Finally, a really useful loophole.FlagrantAmericanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929503878699101693noreply@blogger.com