The Electoral College

[=sw=warlord]

Spam bot more like.

[Patrickssj6]

So Tyrant, next time you want to write an essay, just open up a new thread and wait for a spambot

[Rainbow Dash]

It's pretty sad when, in 5 posts, a spambot out-contributes most of the members of this site in serious discussion.

[DarkHalo003]

Looks like Copy Pasta bias to me. Just saying.

[annihilation]

They're getting pretty crafty now.

[TVTyrant]

So Tyrant, next time you want to write an essay, just open up a new thread and wait for a spambot

Yeah, seriously, since he just said exactly what I said in my essay lol.

[Amit]

Who gives a fuck. Spambot makes more sense than the rest of you combined. hail spambot!

[Warsaw]

I like this idea better:

Everybody has to take a test to get a voting license. Only those with the license can vote. The test to get said license will basically consist of the naturalization exam, maybe some basic algebra and calculus as well. The Electoral College disappears and we have a..erm...popular...vote where there is proportionality...no winner-take-all.

I don't want to entrust the fate of the nation to the average Joe. Unfortunately, this also leaves open the possibility for abuse of the system...it's really not any worse than the Electoral College though since there is plenty of room to abuse that as well.

[Patrickssj6]

Everybody has to take a test to get a voting license. Only those with the license can vote.

This would kill the secondary purpose of a democratic system (the government being a reflection of the entire society). Not saying this is bad, it just wouldn't be called a Democracy anymore.

Also having trouble that you don't entrust the average Joe voter but would accept some equally average Joe politicians? In your case having a voting license and a direct voting system where all decisions are voted upon would make a lot more sense.

[TVTyrant]

It's not a Democracy. Its a Republic.