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To: TimF who wrote (160261)	4/8/2005 11:43:55 PM
From: neolib	Respond to of 281500

The most relevant distinction is not the electoral college and the apportionment among the states but the fact that we elect representatives rather directly voting on issues I agree. This indirection exists for both the USA & Iraq (AFAIK). In the USA it applies both to Presidential selection and to amending the Constitution. Nevertheless, whichever method of indirection is chosen to amend the US Constitution, there is a method whereby the citizens can without bounds, change the Constitution, including utterly replacing it. However, the first pass through is subject to some form of said indirection. Subsequent passes need not suffer this restriction, assuming it is amended away the first time.