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> Maybe we don't need the Electoral College? As someone who designs distributed systems for a living, I can say very confidently that the electorate system is
by ed25519FUUU 6y ago
> Maybe we don't need the Electoral College?
As someone who designs distributed systems for a living, I can say very confidently that the electorate system is a very good idea indeed.
Why risk the entire system if a single small part is corrupted?
- ihumanable 6y agoYou could still let the states run the elections and remove the Electoral College. All the redundancy with none of the downsides of the Electoral College.
- jessaustin 6y agoIn a simple majority system, a close result will entail a nationwide recount. With the Electoral College, recounts are only necessary at the state level. Smaller tasks are easier and faster.
- lifeformed 6y agoWhy is ease of recounting prioritized over fairness and accuracy?
- jessaustin 6y agoThe Electoral College is neither unfair nor inaccurate. Also, eliminating it would require a constitutional amendment, which could only be proposed by 2/3 majority votes in either the Senate or in a hypothetical "Article V" convention and then passed by 3/4 of the states. So, this reform that supposedly hurts small states requires two levels of approval from small states. That ain't happening. Protests against Electoral College are a distraction from possible and substantial reforms, like ranked-choice voting and ending interstate crosscheck and similar disenfranchisement efforts.