>From: Geoff Tillman <geoff_tillman@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>To: extropians@extropy.org
>Subject: Re: Gore doesn't need Florida
>Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 11:19:36 -0800 (PST)
>
>Do you really believe the senators from the smaller
>states will allow a constitutional amendment to take
>away what little power they have to get out of
>comitee?
>And if it did do you think they would ratify it? Our
>Union only works because the Citizens of the smaller
>states on a 1to1 basis have more power than the
>citizens of the large states. We are a union of 50
>states not a nation of 1. We take away the electorial
>college and instead of union we will be an empire.
>just my 2 cents
>We need to keep the electorial college
>
I think most people, even those from smaller states, support giving up the
electoral college. People from smaller states have more voting power anyway
if the electoral college is eliminated (as well as those from larger
states). If you live in Alaska or Rhode Island, you can vote any way you
want and it will have zero influence on the election. Gore still gets X
electoral votes and Bush still gets Y. But without the electoral college,
your vote will count for the final outcome, because it doesn't matter what
state you live in.
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Zeb Haradon (zebharadon@hotmail.com)
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http://www.inconnect.com/~zharadon/ubunix
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