On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:09:51 +0100 Markus Schulze wrote:
Hallo,
in my opinion, the electoral college has two
advantages to the popular vote.
...
Second: It makes it possible that the elections
are run by the governments of the individual
states and don't have to be run by the central
government.
These are topics to consider when drafting an amendment.
[Currently, to guarantee that the Equal Protection
Clause is fulfilled, it is only necessary to
guarantee that all the voters within the same
state are treated equally.
A popular vote would make it necessary that also
all the voters across the USA are treated equally.
This would mean that also the regulations on
eligibility, absentee ballots, early voting,
voting machines, opening hours of the polling
stations etc. would have to be harmonized across
the USA.]
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In section 8 of the current version (3 November
2008) of my paper, I explain how the electoral
college should be combined with Condorcet voting:
I would not combine, but would try for the best we could with an amendment.
Markus Schulze
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