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| The Electoral College: Source of Inequality and Social Injustice in America by Gary Parish |
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| ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE IS NOT USED IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS |
• One Person One Vote Myth • Fundamentally Unfair! • See For Yourself! • Social Injustice • Football Analogy • Moral Arguments • EC Cancels Votes • Founding Fathers • Invalid Arguments For EC • States' Rights? • Reform Options • Conclusion • Inequality Maps • EC Cartoons • Postscript:Voting Power • References • Acknowledgements • Action Center • Get Involved • E-mail White House • E-mail Congress • E-mail Newspapers • E-mail Political Parties • E-mail Networks • E-mail Media • Calling Cards • Teaching Notes |
Because of the rules of the Electoral College, there are great disparities in the relative influence of a person's vote for President cast in different states . In a democracy or a republic you would think that a vote cast by a person in one state should be equal to a vote cast by a person in another regardless of what state he lives in or his race, ethnic heritage or religion. Sadly, this is not so. Would you believe that a vote cast in Alaska is worth about four votes cast in Florida? Or that a vote in Texas is worth only a third as much as a vote in Vermont?  However, this is no laughing matter. If Americans are not equal at the ballot box, they are not equal under the law. |
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