re: #87 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

If we were ever to abolish the EC and move to a purely popular vote, then we have to make provisions for a run-off between the two top candidates if neither gets a majority.

First Past the Post is fine in a predominantly two-party system, but that system is not set in stone. Some day we could have a third-party candidate who gets 20 percent of the vote or more, and I do not want a President elected with less than 40%. Bad enough when we get one elected with less than 47%…

Or write the law such that whoever gets the most votes wins. You could provide a run-off provision if the winner gets below a certain percentage.