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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by mikekchar on Thursday August 22, 2019 @02:20AM (#20765185)
Really, whether or not it's new or old is a complete red herring. As is whether or not it has historically helped on candidate or another. The issue is whether or not it's a vunlerability.

Complaining that "it's always been that way" is like saying, "We've been pwned that way for a decade. Why should we fix that security hole?"

I find it incredible that people don't look at elections with the same critical eye that they do software security systems. The other cool thing is that all of your candidates for president are chosen by proxy vote! So as long as you can subvert the people who have all the proxy votes, you can choose who can even enter the election! Heck, you can stuff up both sides just for giggles. How much is the POTUS worth? Surely billions.

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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by dgoldstein0 on Thursday August 22, 2019 @02:37AM (#20765285)
in some states electors are legally bound to vote for the popular majority from the state. I thought I had read this was true almost universally though it appears some states don't have this rule.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_electors_in_the_2016...

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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by caseysoftware on Thursday August 22, 2019 @02:28AM (#20765227)
Yes, billions is right.

That's why I've always found "the Russians stole the election with $100k of Facebook ads!" comical.

Both Facebook and Putin wish they could get that kind of ROI.

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