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Great point. I don't know why some states all of the sudden want to trust the others' voting systems. One state could choose to go electronic with no paper trai
by unityByFreedom 6y ago
Great point. I don't know why some states all of the sudden want to trust the others' voting systems. One state could choose to go electronic with no paper trail, for example, and we all know that's a bad idea.
Voter fraud does not happen on any sort of wide scale. Election fraud could.
- metiscus 6y agoThere are a few reasons I've heard. The one I hear most frequently is that the electoral college is outdated and should be replaced on that basis alone. The second one is that it is undemocratic and allows disproportionate representation to small state voters. The third one that I believe underlies the two previous is that when the popular vote has been contradicted by the electoral college, it typically has elected someone from the "wrong party" depending on who you ask. Looking at the states in the popular vote compact there is some truth to that.
- js2 6y agoOne of many bills introduced to address those concerns: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1540/text https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/154...
- unityByFreedom 6y agoThank you for informing me about that. Still, the main problem with our elections IMO is the ease with which misinformation spreads online via social media. Dumping the EC does nothing to address that and it feels like a scapegoat. Like how we were diverted from caring about net neutrality and Comcast etc. to caring about FAANG monopolies.