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comment by dublinben
dublinben  ·  1422 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Supreme Court weighs whether to make the Electoral College even less democratic

Regardless of the way this decision comes down, maybe this will be the inspiration we need to abolish the undemocratic Electoral College all together.

    the American people expect presidential electors to behave like robots, voting uncritically for whoever their state supported in the election.

The author came so close to reaching the conclusion that the EC is vestigial, for all the reasons they don't want them to act "faithlessly."