Cooper 1 Julie Cooper Cooper 1 Period-01 03-26-14 American Gov.

The Electoral Colle e! "hould #t $e A%oli&hed'

"ince the (ramer& (ir&t created the con&titution) our countr* ha& had the Electoral Colle e &*&tem. The Electoral Colle e i& a +a* o( votin +here people ma,e the popular vote and then their &tate rep. voter& o and ma,e the &econdar* (inal electoral vote %a&ed on +hat the people +anted. #t +a& a nece&&ar* &*&tem %ecau&e the lac, o( tran&portation and technolo * le(t the people ill in(ormed and un(it to vote. -o+ever) +ith our countrie& chan e& throu h time thi& &*&tem ha& %ecome outdated) (la+ed) and undemocratic. The Electoral Colle e +a& made a& a +a* o( (i.in pro%lem& that +ould/ve occurred +ith countr* +ide votin durin that time. 0o+ +ith our countrie& modern technolo *) tran&portation) and +orld-+ide pu%lic in(ormational acce&& thi& &*&tem ha& %ecome old ne+&. Thi& &*&tem +ith time ha& %ecome more o( a hindrance and a %loc, on (aire pro re&&. A& Eric $lac, e.plain& in hi& article 10 1ea&on& 2h* the Electoral Colle e i& a Pro%lem) 3When the Framers put that crazy structure, where the presidential election would be thrown from the Electoral College into the House for a one-state one-vote choice of the next president, they believed this would actually happen on a regular basis ! "s well as this, in the video #rouble With the Electoral College the narrator explains that the framers originally created the system because it would be too difficult for people to travel around to vote so having representatives was easier for bac$ then "lso the framers $new that people were unable to become more informed with more recent information %due to lac$ of technology& they needed a more well informed rep to vote on their behalf 'n this time we live in now these problems no longer exist due to our fast information access and (uic$ transportation, thus ma$ing the Electoral College obsolete With outdated systems comes problems and the Electoral College is not without its many flaws #he Electoral College is supposed to be set up in a way where people in smaller states will become )ust as important or e(ual as in bigger states 't*s supposed to be set up where whoever gets the popular vote gets the electoral vote+ that the people ultimately ma$e the decision "ll positions presented have failed one way or another 'n ,ocument F of the -ini . it states in case of a tie, /#he Electoral College would be thrown to the House of 0epresentatives, where state delegates vote on the president 1ecause each state casts only one vote, the single rep from Wyoming, representing 233,333 voters, would have as much say as the 22 reps From California, who rep 42 million voters ! #his process which has happened before undermines the people For in the end there is no law saying that the reps have to vote for whom the people want "lso in -icheal 5eldam*s article on #echmit edu senator Feinstein of 6an Francisco says, /#his system has failed to put the popular winner as president four times ! 6hown in document 7 in the -ini .+ the four mista$es where first with 8ac$son in 9:;<, second with #ilden in 9:=>, third with Cleveland in 9:::, and more recently fourth with 7ore in ;333 #hese flaws lead to mista$es li$e 1ush and they didn*t happen once #his system is flawed and must be either changed or replaced #his country was founded on being democratic and of the people, for the people #he idea of this country is that the people pic$ their leader so that we never have to deal with tyranny again With the Electoral College all people are supposed to have e(ual say yet that*s

Cooper 2 not what*s happening 'n -icheal 5eldman*s article on #echmit edu it states, />;? of people want the Electoral College abolished ! #hat, /6everal minority groups can testify saying today they are more ignored with the Electoral College more than ever ! 'f the people are being falsely represented and are being ignored this isn*t democracy #his is )ust a small group ma$ing all the decisions and that*s not the "merican way