Something we could all work on together

Art Martin — 9/27/2004 6:02:27 PM (archived)

Just was reading the post about Colorado's attempts to change the way their electoral college votes are set and was thinking. I'll bet that just about everyone in here, regardless of their political leaning, would love to see the electoral college done away with and the election decided by popular vote. Have this feeling that the change would never come from Congress so the only chance seems to be if it begins with the citizens in a direct intiative to alter the Constitution.

Maybe this is an issue we could all embrace and begin the machinations required. I'm truly tired of my vote having little weight to it if I want to vote for a Dem candidate in a primarily Republican state as I'm sure California Republicans are as well when their electoral votes are all going Democratic.

Instead of us all whining (and I'm guilty too), why not take this on?

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Something we could all work on together - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 6:02:27 PM
- Thanks Art, for extending the discussion, - jms - 9/27/2004 11:29:49 PM
  - Yes, agreed - ebnelson - 9/28/2004 7:06:58 PM
- A democratic website in Colorado is discussing this at length. - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 7:23:28 PM
- Good idea, but method of emergency replacement of Congress is higher priority - E.P. Grondine - 9/27/2004 6:59:33 PM
  - Tom Clancy says we'd survive and end up with Harrison Ford as President. Works for me. lol (n/t) - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 9:16:09 PM
  - re: We could survive 6 months without a congress. - Scott Evil - 9/27/2004 7:25:58 PM
    - We get hit that hard, and we will be worried more - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 8:52:25 PM
- Perhaps we should discuss the merits of the EC first? (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 6:43:04 PM
  - Merits? - Tony - 9/27/2004 7:36:18 PM
    - The Electoral College was created for a reason - Larry J - 9/27/2004 8:45:21 PM
      - for a lot of reasons, many of which no longer exist - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 9:33:06 PM
        
        A representative republic is better at protecting the rights of a minority than a pure democracy - Larry J - 9/27/2004 9:48:14 PM
        
        It still would not be a pure democracy - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 10:34:06 PM
        
        It's hard to get over 50% of the vote if there's a strong 3rd party - Larry J - 9/27/2004 11:44:03 PM
        
        See merits of both arguments - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 11:52:29 PM
        
        Voter initiatives - Larry J - 9/28/2004 1:26:14 PM
        
        that may be so - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 9:46:39 PM
      - No amendment to constitution required - Tony - 9/27/2004 9:27:35 PM
        
        Ok, let's start with the biggest states... - Larry J - 9/27/2004 9:45:29 PM
        
        I was not aware taht it was being carpet bagged. - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 9:49:08 PM
        
        All votes do count today, and if you are a democrat, they often count twice. - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 9:45:18 PM
        
        Well the discussion was civil - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 10:04:49 PM
        
        Good point. - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 10:28:01 PM
        
        Jokes work for me. (n/t) - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 10:43:12 PM
    - re: Merits? - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 7:49:09 PM
      - re: Merits? - Marcia - 9/27/2004 8:15:20 PM
        
        A very good overview, thanks Marcia. (n/t) - jms - 9/27/2004 9:50:45 PM
        
        Very interesting. Thanks for posting the link. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 8:33:14 PM

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