Rebuttal 13oct08

13-Oct-08

Michael

Doyle Earth

Rebuttal

In the Declaration of Independence, it states “we the people”. So why do not all the people get a say in who’s president? Why is not everybody’s voice recognized when voting for who leads the people? The 12th amendment prevents each individual person their complete say in the presidential election because the vote by one citizen is just part of the electoral college, which takes away the individual’s voice and adds it into a group that will either be accepted or rejected on different levels of government. For all the people whose votes were not in the state or country majority then lose their voice because the state picks one party to represent. This creates large amounts of lost votes in the more populated sections of the country where the decision could be close between candidates. If there were to be a popular vote, it would cut down on the lost votes and give a more true representation of what the people want. It may take a bit longer to count the votes, but there is 18 months when the new candidates run for the next presidential term, there way more than enough time for the people to make up their minds, vote, and have votes be counted. Going through

all the counties and states though would probably take just the same amount of time. So in theory, there is none or barely any time difference in having a national popular vote rather than the Electoral College. Having an Electoral College however may give a better vote because elected senators and representatives will make the decision on the party each state represents. Though, corruption and unfair biases may be present in the decisions of these officials. So again, a national popular vote would give a truer vote on who the people want as president. A national popular vote may not be as informed as a senator and representative selected vote, but it sure is truer to what the American people want.