posted on Oct, 17 2008 @ 07:15 PM
States in light grey do require electors to vote in accordance with the popular vote results, states in dark gray however do not. Alaska and
Hawaii although not pictured do in fact require Electors to vote in favor of the winning ballot via popular vote
We are all familiar with the electoral college I would think, for those who may not be I suggest taking a moment to
brush up. Of course there are some of us who are ruffled by the concept of
our vote not being directly counted in a meaningful way, and I hope this thread if all else will serve as a reminder that the Electoral College system
as implemented among the states is a very flawed system when it permits such a large portion of the country's votes to be ignored by those chosen to
represent us.
The fact that such heavy hitting states in the election such as New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Texas, and Florida do not require their Electors to
honor the will of the people quite frankly is disgusting. We may not have the logistics to pull off a pure popular vote but I would think the least
we could do is demand our state level governments to bring our chosen Electoral College representatives into line with the outcome of state-wide pole
results, if only to give us just a little more faith in the way we pick the head of the Executive branch.
reference: www.thegreenpapers.com...