Popular Vote Should Replace Electoral Vote

Hmm. Even though my opponent has forfeited, I shall still go ahead and form a rebuttals agaisnt her case...==Rebuttals==CON says "Electoral vote enhances the status of minority groups. This is so because the voters of even small minorities in a state may make the difference between winning all of that states electoral votes or none of that states electoral votes."1) Consider this situation....A) There are, say, 1 billion people in a state "x"....B) 499 million people are democrats, while 501 million people are republicans....C) In the current electoral system, all of a state's electoral votes go towards one candidate. It's an all-or-nothing system....D) The voices and opinions of 499 million people are ignored, due to this system. CON claims that the electoral college helps out minorities, but I fail to see how the minority party's voice is being heard.CON says "The founders intent was to filter the vote so in case of regional antagonism their is a reasonable solution. "1) Situations change over time. America isn't the same as it was 200 years ago.2) The founders weren't always correct, just like other leaders of America.CON says "Electoral vote does a better job representing the country as a whole. Since we have different leaders for each state, some of the larger states could over power others votes. Electoral vote provides balance to this. Smaller States Equal Say."1) Electoral vote discourages the minority voters, worsening the representation of the entire country. 2) ...A) CON states that we have different representives for each state...(Which is true)...B) CON then says that the larger state would over power others.I don't understand CON's logic here. There is no connection between what CON said.CON says "Recounts are confined to a few states. It avoids recount of the entire nation. If we had to recount through the entire nation, the chances of fraud would go up tremendously. An across the nation recount might be REQUIRED if we had direct popular vote if the president."1) I've stated why recounts aren't that hard. A lot of voting is done electronically.2) How would fraud occur? CON says "In direct election of the president people might stuff the ballots.... We are not all angles in this world. There is bad people out there."1) Electronic voting prevents this.2) The same could be said about the electoral college.CON says " it allows small states and small towns to have a say in the election. It allows smaller states with a smaller population, have an equal pull to a larger state. The candidates go to every corner of the battle ground states, so people get to meet and question them, "I'm originally from a small state and I think this is one of the major benefits of the electoral collage." Says David Leip.1) CON even admits that cantidates spend a tremendous amount of time on battle ground states. This simply supports my point about how cantidates often ignore states that they are winning tremendously or losing badly. Sure, some people would like the attention, but would the ignored like it?2) Popular vote forces cantidates to spread out their campaigning, as every vote counts.CON says "It lowers campaign costs. If politicians did have to campaign equally in every state just so they could get every vote, it would substantially raise the coasts of campaigns. Campaigning like that would cost over 2 BILLION dollars."1) Spending limits are put on cantidates. http://www.fec.gov...) If everyone is at the same disadvantage, it would no longer be a 'disadvantage'.3) No evidence is given for the number of 2 billion.==Voters==1. Conduct - a) I deserve it due to CON's forfeit.2. Spelling and Grammar -a)Some of CON's mistakes: "The founders intent was to filter the vote so in case of regional antagonism their is a reasonable solution. " (ROUND 1 CONTENTION 2)...and..." Electoral vote provides balance to this. Smaller States Equal Say." (ROUND 1 CONTENTION 3)Grammar issues are apparent in the examples I have given.3) Convincing Arguments - a) I've answered all of CON's questions and responded to her case.b) She didn't answer any of my questions, and she did not respond to my case. 4)Reliable Sources - a) I've used plenty of sources.b) She hasn't used any sources.=======VOTE PRO :D!