America’s Electoral College—not the popular vote—may again determine the next President of the United States.
What happened to the one-man, one-vote doctrine used by the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate other undemocratic political-selection systems?
National officeholders once had to be male, once had to be property owners and once were appointed by state legislatures.
In 2000, Dubya lost the national popular vote for President by a margin of about 800,000 ballots—the third time in America’s history that majority votes were ignored.
And if that scenario isn’t bad enough, the U.S. House of Representatives will select the next President if the Electoral College numbers are tied next month. (17 OCTOBER 2004)
