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Re:MIT faulted over its support for students by omegaworks on Monday March 17, 2014 @12:01AM (#7412955)
>Everyone gets to vote. Granted, we can't all make large campaign contributions, but ultimately the vote is what actually matters.

Wrong, on the most basic level. [1]

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_State...

Re:MIT faulted over its support for students by dalke on Monday March 17, 2014 @12:24AM (#7413041)
Also wrong because in many states convicted felons are disenfranchised. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement#Unite... . "As of 2010, all the various state felony disenfranchisement laws added together block an estimated 5.9 million Americans from voting."
Re:MIT faulted over its support for students by tsotha on Monday March 17, 2014 @04:39AM (#7413841)
Well, thank God for that. Let me rephrase then: Everyone who isn't a complete and total loser gets to vote.
Re:MIT faulted over its support for students by dalke on Monday March 17, 2014 @08:13AM (#7414567)
I find it very odd that a convicted felon in Kentucky is unable to vote, and considered a "total loser" by you, while someone who did the same crime in Maine has not lost the vote, and so is not a loser.

You can of course define "total loser" to include someone who has been disenfranchised, but that would be an unusual definition that seems deliberately constructed to misinform.

Re:MIT faulted over its support for students by res0nat0r on Monday March 17, 2014 @03:05AM (#7413569)
Refocus on the third sentence...

Instead, they are elected by "electors" who are chosen by popular vote on a state-by-state basis.[3]

Re:MIT faulted over its support for students by tsotha on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @03:25PM (#7424352)
It's not wrong at all. The vote is still what matters, even with the electoral college.