If they abolish the Electoral College, the same stroke of the pen will transform our form of government into a direct democracy and elections will then be controlled by the federal government. This business about democracy is all we hear from politicians now. Democracy this, democracy that. But we ve got to get the message across that this is a republic a government of law under which the rights of the individual are protected from the whims and passions of the majority. Democracy in a club is fine.
Majority rule has a good ring to it.
But in a club, if you don t like what is going on, you can get out of it. In a country, you are locked. And it is entirely different. And we have to get this concept across. On the state level, I would have free elections in each congressional district for the position of elector.