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| The Electoral College: Source of Inequality and Social Injustice in America by Gary Parish |
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| ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE IS NOT USED IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS |
� One Person One Vote Myth � Fundamentally Unfair! � See For Yourself! � Social Injustice � Football Analogy � Moral Arguments � EC Cancels Votes � Founding Fathers � Invalid Arguments For EC � States' Rights? � Reform Options � Conclusion � Inequality Maps � EC Cartoons � Postscript:Voting Power � References � Acknowledgements � Action Center � Get Involved � E-mail White House � E-mail Congress � E-mail Newspapers � E-mail Political Parties � E-mail Networks � E-mail Media � Calling Cards � Teaching Notes |
Because of the rules of the Electoral College, there are great disparities in the relative influence of a person's vote for President cast in different states . In a democracy or a republic you would think that a vote cast by a person in one state should be equal to a vote cast by a person in another regardless of what state he lives in or his race, ethnic heritage or religion. Sadly, this is not so. Would you believe that a vote cast in Alaska is worth about four votes cast in Florida? Or that a vote in Texas is worth only a third as much as a vote in Vermont?  However, this is no laughing matter. If Americans are not equal at the ballot box, they are not equal under the law. |
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