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In reply to the discussion: End around the electoral college [View all]RudynJack
(1,044 posts)but I'm afraid we're stuck with it forever. As you note, the states will never change it. As for the popular vote initiative, there are questions as to its constitutionality. Congress may have to approve it.
Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3:
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Many people also fear that a close election would spawn recounts all over the country. Elections could be routinely locked up for weeks or months, in literally thousands of different jurisdictions.
I wish I had a great solution, but I don't.