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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by dwighttk on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @05:46PM (#20762184)
>Are you saying you want to go back to when your state's House Reps decided your state's Senators?

I would not mind that

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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by danek on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:46PM (#20762747)
This would give even more power to special interests, as they only need to influence a governor (or a small number of state reps) to get their senate choice, rather than all the voters in the state. I can’t see why that’s better, since at least now senators have to pretend to represent constituents.
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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by dwighttk on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @08:44PM (#20763538)
oh good... pretending to represent constituents... holding the bulwark against special interests.
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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by danek on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @10:40PM (#20764152)
Maybe you could explain how your position improves upon this...
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