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Rhiannon12866

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2. I know that, it's the Electoral College that put us in the fix we're dealing with now.

Reply to BOSSHOG (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 9, 2023, 10:14 PM

Aug 2023

It makes no sense whatever in this day and age except to give unwarranted influence on elections to less populated areas so that the voice of the people is stifled. We really need to go with the popular vote as they do in the rest of the world - and no other country understands why it's still in use here.

And I'm a big fan of PBS, too. I especially like their documentaries.

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New details emerge on Trump's alleged plan to use fake electors to overturn election loss - PBS NewsHour [View all] Rhiannon12866 Aug 2023 OP

The electoral college has no useful purpose in our democracy BOSSHOG Aug 2023 #1

I know that, it's the Electoral College that put us in the fix we're dealing with now. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2023 #2

EC designed by slave owners to protect the "rights" of slave owners BOSSHOG Aug 2023 #3

If that's the case, it outlived its "purpose" 158 years ago... Rhiannon12866 Aug 2023 #4