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To: Real Man who wrote (112967)11/10/2020 6:41:48 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum  Read Replies (2) of 116764
 
I do not know what you mean .. compact as in deal ?

Your EC was set up to protect the smaller states no ? .. although the idea that the electors actually can go against the will of the people is another wrinkle of your founding fathers to create the mirage of a democracy :)

to protect against vigilantism in effect much like seats in a parliamentary system as ours is..

that's why plebiscites are not a standard form of democratic government but preferred by lynch mobs :)
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