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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI LOATHE the damn EC.
You're running for Grand God King of your house against someone. 10 people are voting. 5 vote for you, 4 for him, 1 abstains. He wins because 3 the people that voted for him happened to be in the kitchen
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I LOATHE the damn EC. (Original Post)
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TexasBushwhacker
(21,119 posts)1. NY and FL both have 29 EVs
NY could have 100% voter turnout and get 29 EVs. FL could have 1 person show up to vote and they would also get 29 EVs. How the fuck does that make sense?
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COLGATE4
(14,886 posts)2. It's an anachronism that has not served the country well
on at least two occasions before now, and may do it again here. It really needs to be abolished. No democracy in the world has a system where the person that gets the most votes can lose.
dalton99a
(92,821 posts)4. It is anti-democratic. It is a travesty of justice and common sense.
