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| The Electoral College: Source of Inequality and Social Injustice in America by Gary Parish |
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| THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS FUNDAMENTALLY UNFAIR |
• 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 |
The number of votes a state gets in the Electoral College is the sum of the number of representatives and senators, and the candidate who gets the most popular votes in the state gets all of the state's electoral votes. The inclusion of the two state senators in the number of Electoral College votes for a state distorts the representativeness of the Electoral College process and biases the number of votes in favor of states with smaller populations against those with large populations. Until I did the math myself as a result of the 2000 presidential election fiasco, I assumed the effects of the Electoral College rules were small. But, wow, the differences are huge! It is no wonder that Becky Cain, President of the League of Women Voters testified before Congress in 1997 that "The (Electoral College) system is fundamentally unfair to voters. In a Nation where voting rights are grounded in the one person, one vote principle, the Electoral College is a hopeless anachronism."
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