ST Alpha - "it depends on what election you're talking about" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 150

In response to "Not to be dismissive or argumentative but I still don't really know who can or how to change the election system we use." by Krusty

it depends on what election you're talking about

Posted by znufrii Jan 25 '13, 09:48

as far as I know, there is nothing stopping any state legislature from coming up with their own way of running their elections for members of congress.

for the presidential election you still have to deal with the electoral college, which would either require a constitutional amendment to change or for states with enough electoral votes to change the way they are allocated (see: popular vote compact) so as to render it irrelevant.

Responses:

I'm talking about Presidential elections. So, it would take a constitutional amendment to get away from the FPTP system we use today? Gotcha. - Krusty Jan 25, 09:50 1
- heck, it's been hard enough just to get to a straight popular vote FPTP scheme (not even halfway there), let alone trying something more exotic. -- nm - znufrii Jan 25, 09:57

Post a message top

it depends on what election you're talking about

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.