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To: Gottfried who wrote (35010)	11/8/2000 7:16:49 PM
From: jtech	Respond to of 50167

Lets just go with the popular vote?

To: Gottfried who wrote (35010)	11/8/2000 10:47:41 PM
From: Joe S Pack	Respond to of 50167

Our current system needs some remedies to make it a better system. 1) How to increase voter participation: In many countries around the world election day is declared holiday or it is held on weekend holidays. I think US have courage to do that so that it would increase voter participation. 2) Get rid of electoral voting system which was established two hundred plus years ago by thirteen states. This system leads to a wrong decision where even when a candidate wins the popular votes, he/she can lose. What this does unfairly is that it gives some people's vote more importance than that of others. (I don't care whether Gore wins or Bush wins now.) Given this fundamental weakness in the current system, it is prudent to eliminate it as soon as possible to keep our democracy living for ever. -Nat (I am neither Democrat nor Republican nor belong to any other party now.)