Klarinet Archive - Posting 000157.txt from 2006/10

From: "Dee Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Electoral College (was Library of Congress ticekts for the Dec. 7 concert)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 13:28:42 -0400


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From: "Anne Bell" <bell@-----.net>
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Subject: Re: [kl] Electoral College (was Library of Congress ticekts for the
Dec. 7 concert)

> But- Unless memory fails- the people are electing the electoral college-
> who aren't actually legally bound to vote for who the people chose......
>

That depends on the individual state laws. They are the ones who determine
whether or not they are bound to a candidate.

Dee D. Flint

> Bill Hausmann wrote:
>> At 03:39 PM 10/13/2006 -0700, Tim Roberts wrote:
>>
>>> NO ONE can explain the American electoral college. It exists in a
>>> spirit world beyond the realm of human comprehension.
>>
>>
>> I don't think it is all that complicated. Since the United States is a
>> representative republic, and not, as is so often presumed, a democracy,
>> our Constitution provides for the STATES to elect the President, not the
>> people. The vote of the states is weighted for population, so some
>> states have more electoral votes than others, but the very fact of being
>> a state also carries weight. The states can actually chose almost any
>> method to determine which way they will vote, but almost all have
>> determined that the best method is by a vote of the people in a
>> winner-take-all format. This method has proven to be very equitable, and
>> it actually performs the desired function of the Framers to reduce the
>> tendency of a few large cities to control the electoral process. Take a
>> look at the famous Red-Blue map. Without the Electoral College, the
>> votes of New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago areas alone would decide
>> elections and the rest of the country (the red part) would have no say.
>> That would be a VERY BAD THING! And that is REGARDLESS of your opinion
>> of the current or any other recent administration. The government must
>> represent ALL the people.
>>
>> (Dismount soapbox.)
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill Hausmann
>
>
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