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

[Jonathan Lundell]

On Nov 8, 2008, at 6:05 PM, Kathy Dopp wrote:

> IRV proponents must oppose the national popular vote because IRV/STV
> has to be centrally counted because it is not precinct or state
> summable.
>
> I.e. IRV would necessitate that the federal government be responsible
> for counting all the nation's ballots if IRV were used to elect the
> President - so we can expect all IRV/STV proponents to oppose national
> popular vote for president.

You can expect it all you like, but you'd be wrong.