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Flunk the Electoral College: Getting Rid of the Exploding Cigar of American Politics

By Michael Waldman, Brennan Center for Justice. Posted June 12, 2008.


The Electoral College is an affront to basic democracy, warping competition and subverting political equality -- even when it works.
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Michael Waldman is the executive director of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, a think tank and advocacy organization focusing on democracy. He was the chief speech writer for President Bill Clinton from 1995 to 1999.

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