r vote would be most effective in fixing the current problems. A more feasible, though less solvent, approach is for individual states to change their election laws to award electoral votes on a proportional, not winner-take-all, basis. Because the Electoral College is mandated by the Constitution, a constitutional amendment is required to abolish it. An amendment dealing with this could not be contingent on federal legislative ratification because it would require modifying the Constitution. The stakes are simply too high for most politically motivated Representatives and Senators to even give the issue much thought. No mainstream politician would support an initiative that would drastically reduce, if not entirely shatter, their permanent grasp on political power. Such an amendment would have to originate and be ratified by the states. A reasonable and solvent amendment would abolish the electoral college by repealing Article II, section I of the Constitution; establish a new voting system under which each party nominates a single Presidential candidate; and in the event of no candidate winning a majority of the popular vote, a runoff would take place in a separate election, between the two candidates who received the most votes in the first, general, election.The reason that these changes should be made is because of all of the tribulations with the present formation. The Electoral College is completely outdated and anti-democratic. America deserves truly representative presidential elections, in which all votes have equivalent values. This system’s continued existence has and will continue to have numerous detrimental effects on American politics and government. The first and foremost problem is that it deprives American citizens of a full voice in choosing their president. Because many state constitutions award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, all individual votes become meaningless. In addition, each ...
