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

[Kevin Venzke]

Hi,

--- En date de : Ven 7.11.08, Markus Schulze <markus.schulze at alumni.tu-berlin.de> a écrit :
> 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.

I especially agree with this second point, or at least that it has been
a good thing that the elections have not been conducted by a single
authority.

It's possible to imagine a different American history, if the federal
government had been in a position to cancel or postpone or manipulate the 
presidential election.

Kevin Venzke