electoral college – PEACEVOICE

13 Mar, 2024

The Votes That Count

By Wim Laven

The Votes That Count by Wim Laven 885 words In the US there are elections because of our Constitution. There...

4 Oct, 2021

Improve democracy: Close the college

By Tom Hastings

Conventional wisdom tells schoolchildren that the US was the first modern democracy, modeled to some degree after the Greek experiment from a couple thousand years ago...

31 May, 2017

Strip and flip: Democracy in a cage

By PeaceVoice

“The wound burst open in November. History, suddenly, could no longer be avoided. Reality could no longer be avoided…” Robert...

18 Nov, 2016

How to Scrap the Electoral College

By PeaceVoice

“Sixteen years ago, as the 2000 presidential election recount in Florida transfixed the nation, the newly elected Senator Hillary Rodham...

10 Nov, 2016

Our worst nightmare has come to pass

By PeaceVoice

“The American people voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by about 225,000 votes. But Trump was right: the system...

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