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Article: [2] What readers think about the electoral college.(News)
- Article from:
- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- November 16, 2000
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Here's are readers' responses to the question: Should the president elected directly by popular vote and the Electoral College abolished?
The president should be elected by the people and only the people. The Electoral College serves only special interest groups with a lot of money to spend. They have never represented the American people who really need the representation.
- Jacqueline A. Witz, Barrington
I think it should be by popular vote and the Electoral College should definitely be abolished.
The candidates spend millions of dollars and travel thousands of miles not to get the vote from the Electoral College, but from the ...