[EM] In defense of the Electoral College (was Re: Making a Bad Thing Worse)

[Dave Ketchum]

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.]
> 
> *********
> 
> 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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