Saving the Electoral College and Federalism
by David K. Williams, Jr. | 12:50 pm, March 30, 2009 | 1 Comment
One can not help but notice the slightly less "progressive" stance the Denver Post editorial board has taken since the death of the Rocky Mountain News.Vincent Carroll, the generally libertarian-minded former editorial page editor of the Rocky is now on the Post editorial board. Has he wielded such great influence? Perhaps.
The most recent example of the trend comes in today's edition of the Post, where the editorial board comes out against HB-1299. HB-1299, when in effect, would give Colorado's presidential electoral votes to which ever candidate won the national popular vote, regardless of whom the people of Colorado actually select.
Proponents of the bill say that only the national populat vote should matter in a presidential election and that the Electoral College is outdated and unnecessary.
The Post correctly points out that, "In a republic, such as ours, states matter. And small states, such as Colorado, now can have an influence in a presidential election."
The Post also believes that
the Electoral College system gives more of the country a voice in selecting the president, even though its detractors say it gives small states a disproportionately large role. Even the smallest states get three electoral votes.
Heck yes, and it should stay that way. That is the entire point. The individual United States are sovereign. Abolishing the electoral college makes the individual states less important to the Union as a whole.
And if the argument of abolishing the electoral college succeeds, then it naturally follows that the small states should not have two senators. Why should Wyoming have just as much say in the Senate as California? That means an individual vote in Wyoming is worth more than an individual vote in California.
Absolutely right. The people of Wyoming - and Colorado - neither need nor want federal laws imposed on them by the people of California and New York.
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March 31st, 2009 @ 8:01 am
And that is EXACTLY why the Electoral College MUST be destroyed. Because they know that “small states” tend to vote for Republicans. Period.
Those that wish to end the Electoral College and replace that republican institution with a democratic one are doing so purely for the gain of their party, not because they give a darn about the will or the voice of the people.