U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove, challenger Mahnoor Ahmad of Oakbrook Terrace and challenger Charles Hughes of Chicago were asked if they believe the nation's election system and those of the individual states are secure and fair, and what improvements are needed.
The Electoral College was a compromise that enabled ratification of the Constitution. Otherwise, no USA.
Eliminating the college would effectively negate the votes cast by people who live in less populous states. One-person-one-vote for President and Vice President would require a Constitutional amendment that would never be approved in the lifetime of those who vote today — dead or alive, legal or illegal, etc.
Slogans tell us whose lives matter and may sway a few votes but they don’t overcome the Constitution or win football games.
Hello, Indiana!
2 years ago
Of course they do. Then the double stuffed ballots boxes in the large blue urban areas will totally negate their people that work and only have time to cast one vote.
debtsor
2 years ago
Funny these morons don’t complain about the popular vote in 2022 when Republicans had 2% more votes nationwide than Democrats…..
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
The Electoral College was a compromise that enabled ratification of the Constitution. Otherwise, no USA.
Eliminating the college would effectively negate the votes cast by people who live in less populous states. One-person-one-vote for President and Vice President would require a Constitutional amendment that would never be approved in the lifetime of those who vote today — dead or alive, legal or illegal, etc.
Slogans tell us whose lives matter and may sway a few votes but they don’t overcome the Constitution or win football games.
Of course they do. Then the double stuffed ballots boxes in the large blue urban areas will totally negate their people that work and only have time to cast one vote.
Funny these morons don’t complain about the popular vote in 2022 when Republicans had 2% more votes nationwide than Democrats…..