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Nelson: Replace Electoral College with Middle School

by Scott Ott · 24 Comments

(2008-06-08) — If legislation introduced this week by Sen. Bill Nelson, D-FL, becomes law, the nation will never again elect a candidate like George W. Bush, who has served as president for seven years after losing the popular vote in 2000 to former Vice President Al Gore.
That’s because Sen. Nelson’s bill would replace the Electoral [...]

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Deal: MI, FL Delegates Seated with the Other 55 States

by Scott Ott · 47 Comments

(2008-05-22) — Sen. Barack Obama has finally agreed to Sen. Hillary Clinton’s demand that delegates from Michigan and Florida be seated at the Democrat convention in violation of party rules, on the condition that the votes of “disenfranchised delegates” from the seven remaining states also get counted.
“Our objection to seating the illegal delegates, of course, [...]

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Tags: Politics