Electoral College is needed for fairness
I would like to respectfully reply to comments by Roberta Schwartz in the Jan. 31 Daily Herald. She states that our country should get rid of the Electoral College and go to a majority vote. The reason for the Electoral College is to prevent large States like California, New York and Illinois from deciding who the next president would be. A citizen who lives in Ottawa, Kansas, should have the same voice as one in Los Angeles, California. I mean, if we are going abolish this, we should just have the vote taken in these three states. Our country needs be versed on our Constitution and not want to change the laws because they did not like the results of the 2016 election.
Steven Buechel
Gurnee
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