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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 "The Electoral College is an outdated, undemocratic system that does not reflect our modern society, and it needs to change immediately.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: 5, Touché) by Reziac on Friday November 18 2016, @04:02AM

    by Reziac (2489) on Friday November 18 2016, @04:02AM (#428637) Homepage

    This is a patent lie, since they actually have NO idea where their food is grown.

    Signed, a flyover redneck

    ;)

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by hemocyanin on Friday November 18 2016, @04:43AM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Friday November 18 2016, @04:43AM (#428661) Journal

    Darn it -- ran out of mod points by the time I got to you. Virtual +1 funny.

    • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Friday November 18 2016, @04:59AM

      by Reziac (2489) on Friday November 18 2016, @04:59AM (#428667) Homepage

      [bowing] We here knows where the eats is, cuz we's got forks in the road... ;)

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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday November 18 2016, @10:26AM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday November 18 2016, @10:26AM (#428776) Journal

    Pshaw! Yes, they do. Food is grown at Zabar's [zabars.com].

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    • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Friday November 18 2016, @02:24PM

      by Reziac (2489) on Friday November 18 2016, @02:24PM (#428827) Homepage

      Who knew??! My goodness, they're really expert at it -- look at those prices!

      The bones of a conversation I had *twice* while living in SoCal, with nominal adults of apparently-average education:

      Them (munching hamburger): Killing animals is wrong!
      Me: So where'd you get that hamburger??
      Them: McDonald's.

      *facepalm*

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