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To: TimF who wrote (20521)	6/14/2007 4:51:04 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

It is true that our current system appears to prevent the impact of multiple parties on the electoral system. The Electoral College only says that a person must have 270 votes to win, it does not require they all come from one party. There have been electors who have voted for the candidate of the other party. It is true that eventually some tweaks might be required to promote a true multi party system, but to the best of my simple understanding it could function in the system we have now. The majority party of the Senate was chosen including an "independent" former democrat from Connecticut and a weasel from Vermont who took Republican money to get elected and then switched allegiance while lying about his independence. If those two "independent" votes aligned with Republicans Mitch McConnell might be the President Pro Tempore.