The Case Against the Electoral College ... Two-round runoffs also pose problems. Candidates would have to scramble for extra cash to run a second campaign, and the cumulative additional costs to local election officials would be more than a hundred million dollars.
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Concerns With The Electoral College ... Many observers believe the Electoral College introduces complications and potential problems into our political system. Several of these concerns are:
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The fact that the Electoral College was originally designed to solve one set of problems but today serves to solve an entirely different set of problems is a tribute to the genius of the Founding Fathers.
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CARBONDALE (U-WIRE) - Dan Pierce thinks it is time to scrap the Electoral College in favor of a direct popular vote. The irony is Pierce is one of the 538 electors who will ultimately decide the election.
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Then there is a measure that would split the state's nine Electoral College votes, potentially holding up the results of the entire presidential race. (Related story: Scary scenarios swirl around '04 election) ... Fraud, voter registration problems, Electoral College — Colorado could be next Florid...
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A major flaw is that the winner of the popular vote is not guaranteed the Presidency. A fix for this problem is to do away with the electoral college and base the election on the popular vote's results.
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in short, I oppose the change because it seems to be at best a woefully underreasoned attempt to displace a longstanding exoconstitutional structure, and at worst the thin end of the wedge for a frontal assault on the legitimacy of the electoral college itself).
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If the electoral college can elect the loser of the popular vote and make voters in some states more powerful than those in others, and if gerrymandering of congressional districts allows representatives to pick their voters and control the outcome of congressional elections, how can the US repair its...
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A QUICK LOOK at the latest Rasmussen Electoral College poll shows why. As of Monday, 22 states with a combined 174 electoral votes were rated "safe" or "likely" for the Republicans, while 14 states and the District of Columbia with a combined 185 electoral votes were rated "safe" or "likely" for the Democrats.
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