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Hillary Clinton, Electoral College Elector

Journal by DeathMonkey

Good news everybody!

Hillary Clinton will be an Electoral College Elector for NY

Aren't you glad to know that your votes don't actually count and that Hillary Clinton is one of mere 538 people in the United States whose vote actually does count?

 

Reply to: Re:Who cares about the president?

    (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 29 2020, @01:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 29 2020, @01:45PM (#1070354)

    Doing that would reduce the separation of powers built into the constitution.

    The unintended consequences of making congress the only one responsible for creating and passing new laws could be by far bigger and more damaging than the electoral college is argued to be. At least now congress does not get everything they want without push-back, nor does the president get everything they want without push-back.

    Plus converting the presidency into a ceremonial role is similar to swatting a fly with a bazooka when the discussion was around replacing the electoral college with something else. The manner of electing the office being odd does not make the office itself invalid.

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