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In reply to the discussion: Al Gore Calls for End of Electoral College [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,306 posts)If someone uses fraud to get one extra electoral vote from one state, that still affects the whole country. The amount of effort needed to switch one electoral college vote fraudulently will be proportional to the amount of effort needed to switch it using genuine votes.
If you say "but 5000 fraudulent votes are probably not enough to switch one electoral college vote", then you are also saying "5000 voters who genuinely decide to switch their vote aren't enough to switch one electoral college vote". If you want to give people the ability to make a difference, then there will always be the ability for someone to make a fraudulent difference by faking their votes.
In the end, you can't say "we can't give you a proper democratic say - someone might steal your vote" to anyone. You should give people a vote, and work to make the system secure.