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To: Kevin Podsiadlik who wrote (3605)	11/25/2000 7:46:14 PM
From: Tom Hua	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19633

Sounds like a perfect Democrat proposal, actually. Do what feels good and ignore what it actually accomplishes. Kevin, it's not a Democratic or Republican proposal per se, it's what makes sense. The U.S. is the only country in the world with the antiquated electoral college system, the rest of the world adopts popular vote. If it works in more than 100 countries but not here, then the problems are not what you think they are.. Regards, Tom

To: Kevin Podsiadlik who wrote (3605)	11/25/2000 9:38:31 PM
From: Roger A. Babb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19633

Kevin, I would hope that a national popular vote Presidential election would include safeguards such as: 1. A very simple ballot and voting method that is the same in every state and designed for foolproof machine counting with NO provision for hand recounting. 2. The election result will be reported on election night with NO provision for challenges. The system must be designed to correct the current system flaws and hopefully not create new ones. The outcome of the current election will be in question for the next four years, no matter who finally gets the job. Let's try to avoid ever going here again.