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Old 02-05-2008, 10:28 PM   #8 (permalink)
tombinghamthegreat
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The electoral college back in the old days was effective because it was not as easy to count up the votes. Also the framers not only made great attempts to limit the government but to limit majority rule. Kinda odd but that is what i remember from my political science classes.
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