Posted on Oct 15, 2016
How does one relay the importance of voting, even though the popular vote is not counted?
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This is the first election many new Soldiers get to vote. They think their vote actually counts. It does not.
Election 2016
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Very misleading... the individual votes determine the electoral votes... the electoral college was developed to ameliorate the effect of larger states over smaller states... do you want CALIFORNIA setting policy for the whole country? Please read the Federalist Paper (and the Anti-Federalist Papers)
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Sgt Wayne Wood - You said invalid, I say outdated. Who? That's a great question seeing as Congress hasn't been effective in making anything resembling legislation in roughly 12 years.
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SFC (Join to see) - I like you're thinking. That's why it has amendments but the base document remains the same. It's like me writing an SOP for my BN. The base document remains the same but the appendix for SAMS is replaced by G-Army.
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They tossed around ideas like 1 state, 1 vote- but is that fair to the millions of Texans getting less input than the 30 Wyomingites.
It's a way to keep a democratic republic where A) a majority can't just decide to cast off minority opinion and B) it balances population and state.
It's always brought up, but how many times has an elector not voted the way they pledged??
It's a way to keep a democratic republic where A) a majority can't just decide to cast off minority opinion and B) it balances population and state.
It's always brought up, but how many times has an elector not voted the way they pledged??
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CPT Jack Durish - So are you not going to give me some input on the original question or are we gonna keep going around and round? If so please move along.
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While you are technically correct that the electoral college delegates are not constitutionally bound to vote as the majority election in the state indicates, such faithless delegates are rare in practice. Those delegates are chosen from the party insiders and such a move is generally considered political suicide. Some states also have laws that bind delegates or require party pledges. For example, delegates in my state (CT) are legally bound to vote in accordance with the popular vote from the ballot.
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