Petition to Abolish the Electoral College

To be delivered to The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Barack Obama

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/abolish-the-electoral-6

Amend the constitution to abolish the electoral college. Hold Presidential elections based on popular vote. One person one vote to determine the one leader who is supposed to answer to all the people of the country.

PETITION BACKGROUND

The electoral college has outlasted its usefulness. It is part of the constitution, written when communication was by pony express. Voters currently living and voting in a "red" or "blue" state are disenfranchised, because their vote doesn't matter. Eliminating the electoral college means: no "swing" states getting all the attention and all the campaign stops and all the empty campaign promises. The electoral members are selected by the two political parties, Republican and Democrat, disenfranchising all other voters, independent, Libertarian, etc. End it now.