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Those Crazy Californians Have Abolished the Electoral College!

Posted on Fri, 09/22/2006 - 12:54am by Kyle A Krahel

Read the New York Times article about it!

If my favorite guy in the world, Arnold Schwarzenegger, decides to sign the bill it would make California's 55 electoral votes (a little over 10%) go to the winner of the NATIONAL popular vote, not the California popular vote. If enough states pass similar bills to equal a majority of electoral votes, it would effectively abolish the electoral college and elect the president by popular vote.

We Californians may be crazy, but we are always the first to be crazy; like when we passed those "crazy" emissions standards for cars back in the 60s which are now essentially the national standard. The next biggest things: abolishing the electoral college and approving the Kyoto Protocol.

By the way, RECALL SCHWARZENEGGER, VOTE ANGELIDES!!!

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I love this idea, especially

Posted on Fri, 09/22/2006 - 9:38am by Seth Flaxman
I love this idea, especially because it was devised by John R. Koza, a computer scientist at Stanford. What's especially great is that this only needs to be passed by a relatively few number states (as long as they have large populations), since all they need is 270 of the total 538 electoral votes to decide the election. Take that democracy!
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Who does this Kyle Krahel

Posted on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 5:31pm by Anonymous (not verified)

Who does this Kyle Krahel thinks he is?  Arnold is very popular and the citizens of California should be very privileged to have someone with his stature as their governor.

Why would Krahel want people to vote for that crazy guy, Angelides?  What does this guy stand for?  Tell everyone before election day because inquiring minds want to know.

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I would love to have a

Posted on Tue, 10/17/2006 - 1:11am by Kyle A Krahel

I would love to have a conversation with you about the election!

My email is Legislative@HarvardDems.com, feel free to inquire! 

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