[Winona Online Democracy]
I listened today to MPR and several experts talking about the difficulty in
amending the constitution to change the electoral college. The small states
get at least 3 electors even though their population would not justify that
many. Those states usually oppose the change. They usually can kill the
amendment in the US Senate. At any rate it will be interesting to see how
it develops this year. Look to see which senators oppose amending the
constitution.
Duane M. Peterson
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From: "Ed Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 5:26 PM
Subject: [Winona] Electoral College
> [Winona Online Democracy]
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> Just to get another interesting discussion going: I just heard on the
radio
> that Senator Arlen Specter (R, PA) will be proposing a constitutional
> amendment to eliminate the electoral college and have voters directly
elect
> the president. There is, of course, precedence for this: The seventeenth
> amendment, passed in 1913, changed the election of senators from state
> legislatures to popular vote. So, what do you think? Good idea? Bad
idea?
> Why?
>
> Ed Thompson
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> A timely witty saying for this week, from Dan Quayle:
> "A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
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