al public. The system that I would propose, would be similar to the current Electoral College, with a few improvements that would better reflect the peoples will, but also protect the general population from misinformed voters and those who are easily misled. First of all, I would take the number of electoral votes a state has, minus the votes allocated for its senate members, and divide those votes up based on the percentage of the popular vote each candidate received. I would reward the remaining two votes to the candidate with the majority of the popular vote in that state. This would better represent the will of the people, while still not giving the general population direct control over the election of the president. Secondly, I would make it so that electors were required by law to vote according to the will of the people. Electors could be chosen however a state decided, but the electors are required to vote according to the peoples will. Finally, I would take the responsibility of electing a president if there is a tie away from congress. Instead, I would allow for a three-part system of electing the president in the case of a tie. Similar to a tennis match, whoever wins two out of the three of these matches becomes the president elect. The first match would be determined by the national popular vote. Whoever has the most votes wins the first match. The second match would be to take away each states two extra votes for their senators. Each candidate would receive a point for each state in which he has a majority of the votes. This match would be awarded to whomever won the most states. The last match would be determined by giving every state one vote, whomever gets the most votes wins the final match. At this point, one candidate must have more matches than his opponent. That candidate who wins at least two out of the three matches becomes the president. I am not even going to pretend to say that this is the a...
