I don't see the current system as being broken. On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 2:34 PM Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote:
> Seems like this is more widespread than I had thought: > > Here’s how to do it: states can decide how they award their electoral > vote, so if enough require their electors to vote for the winner of the > nationwide popular vote (instead of who won in that state,) it would fix > the problems of the Electoral College without needing to amend the > Constitution. > > > http://www.commoncause.org/take-action/act/fix-the-broken-electoral-college-national-popular-vote.html > > > They go on to say it's not as far off as you might think: > > > This National Popular Vote compact wouldn’t take effect until enough > states joined in, but we’re closer to that than you might think -- ten > states (California, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, > New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington) and the District of Columbia > have already signed on, totaling 165 electoral votes of the needed 270. > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> > wrote: > > A friend visiting from Seattle mentioned a meme floating around there > could give popular vote over electoral college w/o constitutional amendment. > > It would take enough states whose electoral vote sum would be greater than > 270. They would then have their electors vote the popular vote. > > As nutty as it seems, it would work and likely be much easier than a > constitutional amendment. > > -- Owen > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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