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Electoral College: Majority
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Opponents of the Electoral College point out that in replacing the majority vote as the determinant of who wins the election, supporters of the Electoral College are actually endorsing minority vote as potentially preferable to majority vote. The arguments against majority vote boil down to objecting that the majority might make a decision that the minority doesn't like.
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January 6, 2005 - Counting of Electoral Votes: Congress meets in a joint session to count the electoral votes. Any member of Congress may challenge any electoral vote. If this occurs, the House and Senate must vote on whether to accept or reject the vote. A simple majority vote of both chambers is required to reject an electoral vote.
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The latest meme coming out of the folks on the Right not yet committed to Rudy concerns the Mayor’s ability to cobble together an electoral college majority. Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review and Phil Klein of the American Spectator sparred over this very topic last week. This week, it’s Terry Jeffery who’s making the case against Rudy’s electability in the general:
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Rather than mandate a low 40 percent threshold and two rounds of voting, any amendment to the Constitution should allow electoral mechanisms to determine a majority winner in a single election. The most efficient and inexpensive method is instant runoff voting.
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