[Vision2020] Plan to Divide Electoral Votes Progresses

[Christian Burns]

Tom,

The story that you were speaking of dealt with awarding electoral
votes based on congressional districts, am I right? I would agree with
a plan like that. The electoral collage is about representation, not
making every vote count. The 2000 fiasco would not have been if what
you are speaking of was the case. Broward county / district was
already going to go for Gore, the question was by how much. Washington
state is dealing with its own fiasco. King county decided the
election. The electoral college should work more like it was intended
to. A candidate should never take for granted one district because
they will be outvoted in another group of metro districts. I would
even go so far as to vote for the actual elector, a person that I can
trust to go to DC and make the call if things get hairy.

not unlimited democracy, representative democracy

Would you approve of an up or down vote on a woman's right to choose?

Christian



On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 05:52:58 -0800, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> Mr. Burns -
> 
> Yes.  I would agree fully with such plan.  There was a saying brought up
> during this past election fiasco:
> 
> "If every vote counts, count every vote."
> 
> I would even distribute the state's electoral vote according to the
> percentage that each candidate garnered.
> 
> Agree?
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they
> are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say
> about their cause, but what they say about their opponents."
> 
> -- Robert F. Kennedy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Burns [mailto:christian.burns at gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 10:41 PM
> To: Tom Hansen
> Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Plan to Divide Electoral Votes Progresses
> 
> Now Tom,
> 
> If there was such a plan enacted in all fifty states do you realize
> what would happen? It would take away control from urban areas and
> give fly-over country dominion over the electoral process. Are you
> willing to be consistant on that? It would also give power to third
> parties. If a congressional district happened to go Green or
> Libertarian is that ok with you?
> 
> I would certainly we willing to mix it up, but would progressives?
> 
> Christian
> 
>