Even if Congress were willing to get rid of the EC, the constitutional amendment could never get enough states to pass it.
Ed _______________________ Ed Angel Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico 1017 Sierra Pinon Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-984-0136 (home) an...@cs.unm.edu <mailto:an...@cs.unm.edu> 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel <http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel> > On Nov 9, 2016, at 10:47 AM, Tom Johnson <t...@jtjohnson.com> wrote: > > "Interesting that HRC seems likely to win the popular vote. " > > Simply that the Electoral College is, today, a screwy concept. And remember, > this happened in 2000 when the Republicans also prevailed. I doubt a > majority of Congress has the cajones to get rid of the EC. > TJ > > > ============================================ > Tom Johnson > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > Society of Professional Journalists <http://www.spj.org/> > Check out It's The People's Data > <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Its-The-Peoples-Data/1599854626919671> > http://www.jtjohnson.com <http://www.jtjohnson.com/> > t...@jtjohnson.com <mailto:t...@jtjohnson.com> > ============================================ > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net > <mailto:o...@backspaces.net>> wrote: > Interesting that HRC seems likely to win the popular vote. Now what does THAT > say about democracy? > > <Snap.11.09.16-10.40.04.jpg> > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > <http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com> > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > <http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/> by Dr. Strangelove > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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