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zipplewrath

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4. The EC has been destroyed

Reply to Zing Zing Zingbah (Reply #3)

Thu May 4, 2017, 11:06 AM

May 2017

The EC, as it exists today, destroyed the original concept. Electors are often required to vote for a particular candidate. They are directly elected by popular vote, not appointed by legislatures. And their total number has been distorted by the changes to the House of Representatives. It no longer serves the original function and is in need of repair, or possibly "repeal and replace".

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Trump is becoming more and more unhinged. [View all] L. Coyote May 2017 OP

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Why did the electoral college make such a poor choice for president? Zing Zing Zingbah May 2017 #3

The EC has been destroyed zipplewrath May 2017 #4