Thread: The Electoral College

Originally Posted by no_brains_no_worries

What would we use to replace this system though? We can't determine the next leader of the free world through the popular vote because they are so easily tampered with.

What do you mean?

Originally Posted by no_brains_no_worries

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/se...vote-s14.shtml

http://www.correntewire.com/guarante...tory_this_year

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto...lection_stolen

Take these stories for what you think they are worth and even if they aren't true, the possibility of tampering is out there. Also, now that most states have begun moving to electronic voting machines, the fear that someone (not the "inside man" for a political party which I'm sure every conspiracy buff is suspecting) would have the know-how or means to tamper with the votes.

I mean if Kevin Mitnick could wiretap the FBI (allegedly) what could someone like that do to voting machines guarded by senior volunteers?

Uh, how is tampering with voting machines easier, or more of a concern, when the president is directly elected than when we have the electoral college? It strikes me as an equally serious concern either way. Obviously the possibility of tampering is out there, but going to a direct-election system doesn't make it any more severe.