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2016 Postmortem

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forgotmylogin

(7,908 posts)
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 01:42 PM Dec 2016

A hypothetical EC reform idea. [View all]

What if every state had a potential 100 electoral college votes, but they can only use a percentage based on voter turnout?

The idea is this negates voter suppression.

If Illinois has a 12% voter turnout, the winner of the state gets 12 EC votes.
If Arkansas has an 8% voter turnout, the winner of the state gets 8 EC votes.

I also think that voting day should be voting week, from Nov 1-8 including the weekend. Along with specialized polling places, voting may be accomplished in any local City Hall/Courthouse, and at at least one post office within every zip code.

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