[Winona Online Democracy] Ed, Excellent point! I was going to make that point today after I double checked the date last night. As usual, your research skills are amazing. For the record, that change came about as a result of progressive 3rd political parties and movements. One of the most well known leaders of that movement was "Fighting Bob LaFollette" from my home state of Wisconsin. I think it was an important improvement in our democracy. Dwayne =========== >Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 17:26:31 -0600 (CST) >Date-warning: Date header was inserted by VAX2.WINONA.MSUS.EDU >From: Ed Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Winona] Electoral College >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >MIME-version: 1.0 >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk > >[Winona Online Democracy] > >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 > > > > > >A timely witty saying for this week, from Dan Quayle: >"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls." > > >---------------- >This message was posted to the Winona Online Democracy Project. >Please visit http://onlinedemocracy.winona.org to subscribe or unsubscribe. >Please sign all messages posted to this list with your actual name. >Posting of commercial solicitations is not allowed on this list. >Report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------- This message was posted to the Winona Online Democracy Project. Please visit http://onlinedemocracy.winona.org to subscribe or unsubscribe. Please sign all messages posted to this list with your actual name. Posting of commercial solicitations is not allowed on this list. Report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
