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To: Michelino who wrote (39547)	4/15/2004 6:15:21 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 793964

No one here has really attempted to deny that the Electoral College subverts the principle of one-man one-vote. (And for good reason as the institution was actually designed for that very purpose!) So I'll assume there is agreement and move on after posting a few closing points from a link: For a good reason, the principle of "one man one vote" isn't espoused anywhere in the Constitution. As a matter of fact, regarding Presidential elections, the Const. merely stipulates that the States provide for how electors are chosen for the EC. Technically, as far as I am aware, a State legislature could choose its slate without holding a popular vote in the state at all. But anyway, on to other matters... Derek

To: Michelino who wrote (39547)	4/15/2004 2:27:22 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Respond to of 793964

3) It gives small states undue influence in Presidential contests: Idaho gets 4 electoral votes and California gets 55 votes. However, a truly proportional system would give California 87 electoral votes (using the total votes cast in the 2000 election). The small states already get sufficient extra-representation in the Senate - they don't need this added bonus; You are free to move to Idaho, Wyoming (or Florida) if you want to have undue political influence... And you know to change any of this requires a constitutional amendment. You are free to pursue that approach as well. Good luck and let us know when two thirds of the states ratify the new constitutional amendment.