|
The Pro's and Con's of the Electoral College System ... Proposals to abolish the Electoral College, though frequently put forward, have failed largely because the alternatives to it appear more problematic than is the College itself.
|
www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/INFORMATION/electco...
www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/INFORMATION/electcollege_procon.php
|
|
|
|
Nelson filed a resolution, seeking a constitutional amendment that would abolish the Electoral College, because he thinks the system is outdated. He thinks the president should be chosen by popular vote -- the same way U.S. senators and representatives, state governors and legislators, and local officials are selected.
|
www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090110/OPINION/90110032...
www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090110/OPINION/901100323?Title=Abolish-the-Electoral-College
|
|
|
WASHINGTON — The quadrennial questioning of the Electoral College has greater intensity in 2004, in the wake of the dispute over Florida in the last election and fresh attempts to change the way Americans elect their president. ... Two congressmen have introduced a bill that would abolish the use of electors,
|
www.usatoday.com/community/utils/idmap/12518905.story
|
|
The Electoral College got a brief spate of attention in 2000, when George Bush became president even though he lost the popular vote to Al Gore by more than 500,000 votes. Many people realized then for the first time that we have a system in which the president is chosen not by the voters themselves, but by 538 electors.
|
www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/opinion/29sun1.html
|
|
Retaining the fragile faith of the American voters in our representative system demands it.'' The League has supported an amendment to abolish the electoral college since 1970.
|
www.thezephyr.com/porter/electcoll.htm
www.thezephyr.com/porter/electcoll.htm
|
|
The Hill is a congressional newspaper that publishes daily when Congress is in session, with a special focus on business and lobbying, political campaigns and goings on on Capitol Hill. ... Bailout for Main Street Sam Youngman and Walter Alarkon - 12/09/09 12:03 AM ET ... Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the senior military commander...
|
thehill.com/leading-the-news/nelson-bill-would-abolish-...
thehill.com/leading-the-news/nelson-bill-would-abolish-electoral-college-2008-06-06.html
|
|
Abolish the Electoral College Petition, hosted at PetitionOnline.com ... The Electoral College is outdated and anti-democratic. America deserves truly representative presidential elections, in which all votes have equivalent values. I support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that replaces the Electoral College with...
|
www.petitiononline.com/ctd2000/petition.html
|
|
The California Electoral College Initiative has been exposed for what it is: a Republican plan to steal the 2008 presidential election. ... It's time to abolish the electoral vote system. We should do it now. ... Let's abolish the Electoral College...
|
www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/12/electoral_coll...
www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/12/electoral_college/
|
|
Critics have long derided the Electoral College as a fusty relic of a bygone era, an unnecessary institution that one day might undermine democracy by electing a minority president. ... Consistency would require that if we abolish the Electoral College, we rid ourselves of the Senate as well. Are we ready to do that?
|
www.cato.org/dailys/11-10-00.html
|
|
