Electoral Mess

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/01/news/state/65-electoral.txt" >Bill would bypass Electoral College</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Montana should join a national movement to bypass the Electoral College and award the presidency to the winner of the popular vote, a Darby senator told lawmakers Wednesday.<br />n<br />nRepublican Sen. Rick Laible and other supporters said the change would make Montana and other sparsely populated states more of a factor in presidential races and could increase voter turnout.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI'm not real sure Sen. Rick Laible is in touch with reality on this one. By giving all of Montana's Electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote would make my vote almost non-existent. This would allow the populous states to control the election and mean that the Presidential candidates would not need to concern themselves with the smaller states since by winning the popular vote in large states, they automatically win the small states. <br />n<br />nThis makes my vote unimportant and elevates the vote of a New Yorker or Californian to a large amount. How stupid is this? Very stupid if you ask me. The whole idea of the Electoral College was to give the least populous states a little bigger role in selecting the President so they would have representation. Lets not wreck it.<br />n<br />n<strong>With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain. Friedrich Schiller</strong>