In February 2006, a campaign was launched to, in effect, force the U.S. to switch to a direct popular vote for president (see March 1 2006 Ballot Access News story). At the time that story was written, only in Illinois was there a bill to put the idea into practice. A bill has now been introduced in California, AB 2948. The chief sponsor is Assemblyman Tom Umberg, chair of the Assembly Elections Committee. The bill has support from both Democrats and Republicans.
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Sure, elect the president by popular vote.
I mean, most of the rest of the Constitution has been, in effect, repealed; and surely the republic of the Founding Fathers has been pretty much done away with.
The president was intended to be essentially a chief operating officer of the union of the individual sovereign states, but now that it is so often called “the” United States instead of “these” United States, we might as well go the next step.
Just because it is a very bad idea is no reason to stop.
This is so vital and should be picked up by other states for ratification. I will prod the Imperato/Brooks 08 campaign to endorse this issue. The old argument that candidates would only go to the most heavily populated states does not hold up any longer, since now the designated “swing” states are the only places candidates go.
http://www.IndependentAmerica.org