<div dir="ltr"><div>John-</div><div><br></div><div>Why don't you take a few moments to watch the 60 minutes interview going on right now.  I don't expect it to change your opinion, but you might sleep slightly better tonight.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 7:36 PM, John Clark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnkclark@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnkclark@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 4:25 PM, CryptAxe </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cryptaxe@gmail.com" target="_blank">cryptaxe@gmail.com</a>></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> wrote:</span><br></div></span><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr"></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​> ​</div>I agree with everything you have to say about the Electoral College. Unfortunately it is the system in place and removing it should probably happen before the election and not after the results have been found out.<p></p></blockquote></span><div><font size="4">I would love to see the system changed but that would require a constitutional amendment and that would take years, however that doesn't need to happen before December 19, under the system we have right now electors are free to vote for whoever they want. It would be great if for the first time in its history the electoral college actually did something useful.</font><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Would you be against the college so vehemently if Clinton won because of it but Trump won the popular vote?</blockquote><div><br></div></span><div><font size="4">Certainly not, although in those circumstances  I couldn't claim it would be illegal under our crazy system for the electors to vote for Trump instead of Clinton, immoral yes, insane yes, but not illegal. </font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">John K Clark</font></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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