If we start today, maybe enough of us will eventually be convinced that we can make our vote count in a presidential election, whether we're a Republican in Massachusetts, a Democrat in Texas or a Libertarian in Wyoming. There are steps being taken to eliminate the Electoral College. Jesse Jackson, Jr. introduced HJR109 and Delahunt and others have introduced HJR103; both bills call for a popular election of the president and vice president.
We can do something today: write our senator or congressman; sign a petition at
http://www.fairvote.org/petitions/ec/index.php
or write a letter to the editor of your local paper.
2 comments:
Couldn't agree more! It's arcane that 3/4 of the states are considered insignifigant and ignored for the big show. And they wonder why voter turnout is so low...
It's too bad it will never happen, since we are a union of states... but it is the only way to truely make every vote count.
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