ELECTORS: Too much power
We the people are systematically disenfranchised in electing the president and vice president by the Electoral College process. No state currently provides for true proportional allotment of electors. Most states with the exception of two are winner take all in presidential elections. That means that 49.99 percent of voters in any state are systemically robbed of their vote. Electors are based on congressional representation. There is a total of 538 Electors, which represents the 100 Senators and 435 members in the House of Representatives.
The 435 members of the House are divided among the states based upon total population. Total population includes: people of all ages, races, ethnic groups, citizens and non-citizens. States with large populations of non-citizens have more Representatives and therefore more electors. Those states have greater influence in electing both president and vice president.
It only takes 270 electors to win the presidency so states like California 55, Texas 38, New York 29, Florida 29, Illinois 20, Pennsylvania 20, Ohio 18, Georgia 16, Michigan 16, North Carolina 15, New Jersey 14, have a much greater influence when electing our president. The Electoral College provides an opportunity for a few states to disenfranchise the voters of the smaller states. The Electoral College was never intended by our founders to be winner take all as evidenced in early presidential elections. The perversion of Electors occurred in later elections.
Congress needs to revise the process to eliminate disenfranchisement by proportional allocation of electors or we the people by Constitutional Amendment.
JERRY G. WEAVER
Coeur d’Alene