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You 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.
by ihumanable 6y ago
You 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.