rbt48
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« Reply #175 on: August 19, 2015, 10:04:31 PM » |
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Elections are held within states according to each state's laws. In order to have the popular vote decide the Presidency, there would need to be a Federal law governing the voting for President and Vice President. Unless all elections were federalized (from Congress down to county officials), there would need to be separate elections for Pres/VP as distinct from all other electoral contests. Otherwise a vote in one state would note equal a vote in another state. Factors causing this lack of equality are numerous, but here are a few to consider (viewed from the standpoint of differing electoral laws among the states): -Different candidates on the ballot from state to state, -Different voting hours, -Different residency requirements in a state and precinct, -Diverse absentee ballot rules, -All mail-in voting versus polling place voting, -Registration requirements (same day versus X days before an election deadlines), -Different voting systems (paper ballots, voting machines, format of ballots), -Other distinctions that all are welcome to chime in with.
The key factor is that in order for a vote in (pick any state, say Illinois) to be equal to a vote in, say, Rhode Island, the rules for voting (eligibility, candidates to choose from, voting format, and other factors I've mentioned) need to be identical.
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