league of women voters advocates amendment to constitution

[Don Quixote]

from the 2/16/2012 santa barbara news press, the league of women voters advocated an amendment to the constitution to eliminate the electoral college and elect the president by popular vote

with the increase in modern methods for reporting election results, the original reason for the electoral college no longer obtains

 

[Disillusioned]

Agrees, now if we can only squeeze it past the wastes of space who will be out a job.

 

[Cancel 2018. 3]

smaller states will never agree

 

[Disillusioned]

They get fewer electoral votes anyway, it's proportional, this way at least you can vote republican in california or democrat in texas and actually have it counted.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

from the 2/16/2012 santa barbara news press, the league of women voters advocated an amendment to the constitution to eliminate the electoral college and elect the president by popular vote

with the increase in modern methods for reporting election results, the original reason for the electoral college no longer obtains

It would never get past the Senate.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

smaller states will never agree

Yup, that's why it wouldn't get through the Senate.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

They get fewer electoral votes anyway, it's proportional, this way at least you can vote republican in california or democrat in texas and actually have it counted.

Actually they get disproportionately more based on population.

 

[Airstrip One]

Yes, you get a minimum of 3 electoral votes based upon your total representation (2 senators plus at least one representative), meaning some states have three times as much representation as they would otherwise have if it were truly proportional.