<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV><STRONG>Markus Schulze</STRONG> wrote (Fri.Nov.7):<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Hallo,<BR><BR>in my opinion, the electoral college has two<BR>advantages to the popular vote.<BR><BR>First: It gives more power to the voters in<BR>smaller states.<BR><BR>[In the USA, the Senate is significantly stronger<BR>than the House of Representatives.<BR><BR>For example: To appoint a Cabinet member or some<BR>other federal officer, the President needs the<BR>approval of the Senate, but not of the House of<BR>Representatives.<BR><BR>Therefore, a deadlock between the President and the<BR>Senate would be more harmful than a deadlock between<BR>the President and the House of Representatives.<BR>Therefore, it makes sense to elect the President<BR>in a manner that corresponds more to the election<BR>of the Senate than to the election of the House<BR>of Representatives.]</DIV>
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<DIV>Marcus,<BR>Presumably then you would favour abolishing the general</DIV>
<DIV>presidential election and instead fill the office by a vote</DIV>
<DIV>among the members of the Senate.</DIV>
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<DIV>That would further greatly reduce the chance of a deadlock</DIV>
<DIV>between the President and the Senate, and also save a lot of<BR>time and money.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Chris Benham<BR></DIV></div><br>
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