Response to Electoral College Debate and a New Subject about Voting

Jamie, I agree that the EC has become dated. I would add to your comments that George W Bush took us to war based on lies. This plus stealing the 2000 election forever changed how I look at the Republican party. I favor basing the election on the popular vote. (Don White)

Absolutely! That is when I formally changed my voter registration. I could not accept all the obvious corruption. Vietnam was a political war as well and one of the reasons Kennedy was murdered. The underlying greed; the money that is made from the sale of weapons, oil and opium has been undermining our political system for decades. Eisenhower warned of the dangers of having a war driven economy but that is exactly where we are. Presidents play the patriotism card and can get re-elected on that alone. Which brings me to my next pet peeve: the way we vote. Right now there is a ton of controversy over mail-in ballots and the current president is waging an attack on the process saying it is used for fraudulent voting while in fact, that has never really been an issue. Gerrymandering and confusing ballots or voting machine procedures have led to much more subterfuge. Here's my idea--voting by internet.

If we can file our taxes, our medical information, take college courses and do our banking safely online, why can't we vote that way? The Republicans don't want that to happen because every registered voter would probably vote and the swamp really would be cleared--assuming there were good, ethical candidates to replace the corrupt and complacent old guard.

I think this is truly a time for reassessment of how we treat everything in our lives: our relationship with government, racial equality, healthcare, care of the environment, education and, of course, this pandemic and those to come.