Abolishing the electoral collage and...

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-10-22 02:47pm

Someone (Mr. JACKSON of Illinois) just proposed a new amendment to abolish the electoral collage
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.J.RES.109:

And....at the same time proposed a Majority Vote Act, for runoff elections
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.5293:

Thoughts?

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-10-22 03:21pm

Didn't we just get done with a giant electoral college thread?

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-10-22 03:44pm

This guy's adorable. He actually thinks either of these have a shot in Congress.

Honestly, proposing federal legislation for these things is a time waster. It'd be much easier and more feasible for the states themselves to change the way their electoral college votes are decided. Illinois could implement such a run-off voting system if it wanted to, because the tabulation of votes and the determination of who won the state is entirely up to the state in the electoral college system. Maine, for example, divides its electoral votes up proportionally. No federal-level legislation required there.

That's actually one of the advantages of the electoral college. Federal-level legislation isn't required for change; the states can do it themselves.