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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:16 AM Original message |
It is time to abandon the Electoral College. I say. It is not working |
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NoodleBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. it has fulfilled its original purpose--that is, stifling the will of the |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. hell, the smaller states should be the reason . 6 electoral votes |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. I agree, only I think it should have been changed after the joke that was |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. For discussion purposes... |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I say everyone fill out a hand ballot that was mailed to their home |
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niccolos_smile (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Mmmm... mail ballots |
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bobby911 (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. straight popular vote could be even worse |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. My alternative is to mandate proportional Electoral representation |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 10:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. This is the best idea I think... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. My question is why can't the candidate with the most votes win? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. the risk a proportional system presents |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. As a native West Virginian, I love it |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. so does the rest of the world...that's why they all use it! |
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noops (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I agree, somewhat. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I still want to know how we forgot to cheat |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 12:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Hi noops!! |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. They already do actuallly, but that is neither here nor there... |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. As a native South Carolinian, I hate it |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. Agreed... |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
11. it will never happen |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
13. Terminate it. |
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niccolos_smile (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. What's the alternative? |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. Why would the Rulers want to diminish their power? |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
18. We should also move the date to a Saturday or Sunday |
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niccolos_smile (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Would that increase voter turn out? |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Ohhhh! I love football!! |
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niccolos_smile (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 12:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Me too. I anxiously await August. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. There is a proposal that the states enter into a compact |
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TimeToGo (656 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
22. George Edwards |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. What?!!? And, let the people elect the president!! How silly! |
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