You don’t get it. Dividing the electoral votes is no different than eliminating the Electoral College altogether. When will we realize that the Framers were smarter than we are?

Except the Constitution is silent on how the states choose electors. It’s only by custom that most states award their electors to thw winner of the popular vote. Even today, two states are not winner-take-all. In fact there is no requirement at all that the electors be chosen by any vote of the people. If a state wanted to, it could have its own legislature delegate electors for us.

Oh wait, that’s right; they will get Union (no secret ballot for you!) jobs as over-paid, under-worked bureaucrats who look at your private records on a whim. Yea, that’s the ticket.

It would be funny if it were not so tragic.

Worked, that is, until the Liberals and Democrats decided that they required criminals and dead people to vote in order to get elected and thus felt the need to corrupt the system.

This election alone has proven that there are a great number of people in this country that have no business…and even less intellect…to vote.

Rather than create this “Universal Registration”, how about just make it mandatory to show your State issued Identification, and maybe, just maybe, a simple test that demonstrates the most remedial knowledge in this country and the items that are on the ballot.

I know the test is probably forever off the table…but come on…if you are intimidated by someone asking you to show your ID that proves you are who you say you are…then maybe you should not be voting in the first place and definitely have a great deal that you are hiding.

In a letter to Robbins yesterday, the board said he went to the wrong polling place because he’d moved from West 15th Street to West 19th on Feb. 19, 2004, so his voting location changed to West 20th.

It wasn’t noticed earlier because he hadn’t voted in recent elections, the board said.

Tim Robbins doesn’t know where he’s supposed to vote…hasn’t done so recently, but got a court fricking order allowing him to vote where he shouldn’t.

I disagree with you Harbormaster. It is not that Obama believes that personal responsibility is not needed. It is that he wants Americans to act irresponsibly; especially when it comes to critically evaluating government policies. There is a difference.

On November 10th, 2008 at 11:20 pm, Tennessee Dave said: … It’s personal responsibilty.

And there lies the rub! We elected someone who believes we don’t need to be resposible.

On November 10th, 2008 at 11:39 pm, NotaSlickFan said:
In each and every state electoral votes are divided by the number of votes cast per candidate (no winner takes all like Cauliforneeya and others). If you get 40% of the vote then you get 40% of the Electoral votes, etc.

You don’t get it. Dividing the electoral votes is no different than eliminating the Electoral College altogether. When will we realize that the Framers were smarter than we are?

with few reports of problems.

What election was this guy watching?

It’s only voter fraud when Republicans win. Thus, all the hullabaloo about George Bush “stealing” the election and all the efforts to “help” Al Franken in Minn.
When Dem’s win it’s “the will of the people”.

Absolutely correct. By every means necessary to defeat the “EVIL” Republicans.

It’ll get down to abolishing registration altogether. It just disenfranchises too many potential voters. Just appear at the polling place and vote. No questons asked, as long as you vote Democrat.

On November 10th, 2008 at 11:46 pm, ThunderHawkk said:
I wish none of you people voted, even Malkinites.

I’m not sure, but I think I’m Malkinoid. I got an official call from the Office of the President Elect…they want to reprogram my embedded chip.