charli's Blog

Sounds like a good idea to me.

I like that, it would save time and money

I don't usually double post, but I think I should also add that according to the 12th Ammendment, the President and VP are only required to be elected separately. So technically we could still have a President and VP from opposing parties. But that never happens since the electoral college delegates vote for both President and VP (two separate votes) and the electoral college delegates almost always vote down party lines (some states actually require it).

charli,

Maybe we don't have the best system around, but I wonder if its failures are primarily due to an inability to audit votes more than they are a product of the "system." I would be much more comfortable with the current system if I knew that my vote was actually being counted.

Couldn't I at least get some kind of receipt that lets me validate that my vote was counted? You can check your lotto numbers online and at the grocery store, but there is no way to know that your vote was ever really counted.

THE DREAM TICKET: McCAIN / OBAMA Can't we all just get along?

The electoral college is to insure that smaller states still have a voice. Popular vote is what a true democracy would probably do, but we are a Representative Republic.

As for the vote, I think that people should have to pass a simple civics test- name the president, v.p., how many states, state governor, etc., and then be eligible to vote. Hopefully those who can answer that kind of question would not vote for someone because they were "cuter" or because "my dad told me he was better."