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2016 Postmortem

kentuck

(112,988 posts) Sun Dec 18, 2016, 12:12 PM Dec 2016

There should be major changes made to the Electoral College. [View all]

It should be replaced with a durable rubber stamp. The VP can keep it in his possession and when the election is over and one candidate wins the most electoral votes, then the VP breaks out the big rubber stamp and declares the winner of the electoral vote the next President of the United States. Why do we need people to do what a rubber stamp can do? What can they do that a rubber stamp can't do?

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There should be major changes made to the Electoral College. [View all] kentuck Dec 2016 OP

Be honest now! If we Dems hadn't lost 2 Presidential Elections, getting the most votes, napi21 Dec 2016 #1

So what is the job of the electors? kentuck Dec 2016 #2

In theory, they are NOT supposed to be there to rubber stamp anyone who is unqualified mtnsnake Dec 2016 #3

What type of person would be "unqualified"? kentuck Dec 2016 #4

Trump is the poster boy for "unqualified," and no, I cannot imagine anyone mtnsnake Dec 2016 #5

So, if they do not do their job. kentuck Dec 2016 #6

For sure mtnsnake Dec 2016 #7

It was set up to favor the property class. kentuck Dec 2016 #8

Legally he's qualified crazycatlady Dec 2016 #9

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