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We the People ask the federal government to remove the electoral college system from our presidential election.

Created by S.G. on November 09, 2016

Yet another election has been decided not by the popular vote, but by the electoral college system, effectively electing the more unpopular candidate. This voting system is flawed, outdated, and hurts our democracy. There are so many drawbacks to having this system and I would max out character limit before I was even close to done. If you are interested in learning more, here are a couple links that explain this awful system .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlwbTUs-17k
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/7/12315574/electoral-coll...

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