(2006-03-29) Brin Electoral College

David Brin considers Electoral College changes proposed by John Anderson and Birch Bayh.

Then notes his own thoughts. There is no provision for winner-takes-all in the US Constitution... Decades ago, both parties allocated delegates to their national nominating conventions by winner-takes-all, until this blatant unfairness was challenged, then eliminated. So why not take the next step by dropping it from the process of choosing electors? Again, this would require no tinkering with the Constitution, though changing applicable state laws might entail a fight. Alas, no large state can afford to be the first to abandon winner-takes-all. (Just like with Gerry Mander problems.)