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3. The electoral college is a historical relic that outlived any usefulness it once had, but fraud risk

Reply to Sophia4 (Original post)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 06:21 PM

Feb 2018

Is not a compelling argument against it.

In fact, arguably its better than nationwide popular vote, where fraud risk shifts from battleground states where there might be members of both parties around to monitor, to highly partisan strongholds where one party can more readily overstate votes out of sight of the other party.

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The Russians were told to focus on swing states, on purple states. [View all] Sophia4 Feb 2018 OP

This is absolutely correct PJMcK Feb 2018 #1

This will not happen, anymore than DC residents getting to vote for their own reps in congress Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #2

The electoral college is a historical relic that outlived any usefulness it once had, but fraud risk unblock Feb 2018 #3

We need paper ballots that can be recounted manually. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #5

Current System Maximizes Incentive & Opp to Determine Election mvymvy Feb 2018 #8

Wow... All this outside money, influence and ratfucking Blue_Tires Feb 2018 #4

61% of the way to reforming the Electoral College mvymvy Feb 2018 #7

Instead, The National Popular Vote Bill mvymvy Feb 2018 #6