Originally Posted by joemikeb
I am not saying that the distribution of electoral college votes couldn't, or shouldn't, be "tinkered" with, but I pray the current wave of populism won't throw out the baby with the bathwater. To my way of thinking, a far more important electoral reform would be taking representational districting out of the hands of politicians and putting it into the hands of non-biased computer systems.
States with 200 electoral votes have already opted for popular vote, and if states with a total of 70 more electoral votes opt for it, it'll be a done deal.

An unbiased system of districting would, indeed, be a wonderful thing!


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