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Originally Posted by seretogis
"South Charleston Mayor Richie Robb said today he may vote against George W. Bush in the Electoral College, even if the president carries West Virginia's popular vote."
The point of an Electoral College is to represent the people of a state, not to use our election process as a means of "protesting." He should shut up and do his job like the rest of us.
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The point of the electoral college was to ensure the illiterate and uneducated masses wouldn't take control of government and rule it by majority at the expense of what more sophisticated citizens would deem more appropriate for the course of the nation.
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