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The election system in the US is broken

Jason Kratz

Not that this is news to anyone of course. I was reminded tho just how broken it is from seeing a commercials for Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" where Jon Stewart is cracking a joke about how the election really boils down to a handful of states. Yes the joke is funny but it's also not really a joke and depressing as hell. Yes "all states count" because of the electoral math required to win the Electoral College but a handful of states count even more. We need to get rid of the Electoral College.

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