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Florida Sen. Bill Nelson will unveil a sweeping election reform package, including abolishing the Electoral College and setting up a rotating series of regional presidential primary elections, in an appearance before the Florida Senate Thursday.
Nelson’s proposal calls for:
—Early voting in every state.
—Absentee ballots available on demand for any qualified voter—now in force in Florida.
—Grants to states to develop pilot projects for mail-in balloting and secure Internet voting.
—Eliminating voting machines that don’t produce a voting paper trail.
—A U.S. Constitutional Amendment to abolish the Electoral College.
It will also include a measure Nelson already has filed to establish six “rotating interregional primaries” for selecting presidential nominees. Under that proposal, all states would rotate occasionally into early primary dates.
“The goal is simple, one person, one vote,” Nelson will say in a speech to the Senate, copies of which were released late Wednesday.
“This election has provided further evidence that our system is broken.”
Did anyone tell the good Senator that the Electoral College was set up to keep the politicans from “stealing the store?” Senator, you are what is wrong with our country sir, the electoral College is part of our checks and balances in government!
I don’t think this is a very good idea. Also, this is not solving our current problem, which is awarding delegates from our primary of January 29th. Don’t you think you should be working on another plan for that? I believe you are wasting your time on this current idea of yours. Instead you should be coming up with a resolution of Florida’s primary results being counted (like yesterday!!). Time is of the essence. So, please get to work. Thank you.
I suspected Mr. Nelson was a foolish man before, but now it is confirmed. He asserts that he is smarter than our founding fathers! I wonder what other changes he would like to make to reshape our constitution to his liking. No thanks Mr. Nelson - I happen to think our founding fathers did a pretty good job.
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Posted by S Ship, Utah on 06/07 at 10:10 PM
The Electoral College philosophy is antiquated, to say the least. I applaud Sen. Nelson for his effort. Our founding fathers never could have imagined the future consequences of the Electoral College. Although it may have served them well, it does not serve us now. The majority does not rule and every vote is not equal. The politics of our politicians has for too long been focused on manipulating the system. As a Democrat in Utah I know MY VOTE FOR PRESIDENT WILL NEVER BE COUNTED. It is time for a bipartisan movement for direct election of the president.