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posted by janrinok on Thursday November 17 2016, @07:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-is-your-vote-worth? dept.

Senator Boxer Introduces Bill to Eliminate Electoral College

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Senator-Boxer-to-Introduce-Bill-to-Eliminate-Electoral-College--401314945.html

"This is the only office in the land where you can get more votes and still lose the presidency," Boxer said in a statement. "The Electoral College is an outdated, undemocratic system that does not reflect our modern society, and it needs to change immediately. Every American should be guaranteed that their vote counts."

[...] "When all the ballots are counted, Hillary Clinton will have won the popular vote by a margin that could exceed two million votes, and she is on track to have received more votes than any other presidential candidate in history except Barack Obama," Boxer said.

Trump will be the fifth president in U.S. history to win the election despite losing the popular vote. George W. Bush won the most recent such election, in 2000.

Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3wLQz-LgrM


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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 17 2016, @09:57PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 17 2016, @09:57PM (#428414)

    http://help.vote.org/article/8-are-absentee-ballots-counted [vote.org]

    "Are absentee ballots counted?

    Yes, all votes are counted, whether they're cast in-person or by absentee ballot.

    It is a common misconception that absentee ballots are only counted during very tight races. This misconception stems from two things: one, absentee ballots are often counted for days after the election since many are coming from abroad; two, absentee ballots are often a small percentage of all voted ballots. Many elections have a clear winner, so the absentee ballots that are still being counted after election night don't affect the results as predicted right after the polls close. As absentee voting becomes more popular, however, an increasing number of elections are decided by absentee ballots. "

    The fact that you exhibit such confident stupidity in political areas is a reason to doubt your judgement and "thinking" in others. I'm sure you don't understand this, but your displays of ignorance dissuade many people from becoming more involved in a site where your influence and presence is so heavy and heavy-handed.

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  • (Score: 2, Disagree) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday November 17 2016, @10:48PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday November 17 2016, @10:48PM (#428449) Homepage Journal

    Neither, you just managed to find one of the rare occasions that I'm actually wrong. Congrats.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @01:57AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @01:57AM (#428556)

      Neither, you just managed to find one of the rare occasions that I'm actually wrong. Congrats.

      Actually, I've noticed that you show a stunning lack of understanding of many things you choose to pontificate on. No, I'm not going to bother to enumerate them for you. Suffice to say that you really ought to educate yourself before displaying your ignorance to the world. Remember: read, think, post. Do not change this order.

      • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday November 18 2016, @03:22AM

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Friday November 18 2016, @03:22AM (#428611) Homepage Journal

        Play devil's advocate to your own positions before you go claiming mine are wrong. I do. It's why your arguments are weak while mine can stand up to a site full of quite intelligent people. And, yes, we are talking opinions here mostly because you'll rarely find me factually incorrect.

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        My rights don't end where your fear begins.