How to stop the electoral scam

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Friday January 25, 2013 · 7:57 AM PST

2013/01/25 · 07:57

This will be a short diary as I have never written one before. The rupublican scam on how to control the electoral college is about as offensive as it gets. Not surprising though. Many have written that there is nothing that can be done about it since the constitution gives the states the right to run elections as they see fit. Others have opined that if enough states agree to vote for the overall popular winner that this would work. We'll never get to 270 though with so many states now being controled be republicans.

There is however another way. Since republicans are so intent on giving less populated areas more control in elections then maybe the large urban centers should tax these people when they come into their cities to play or work. New York city has had an out of city tax on workers for years.

It's a spiteful move but may make legislators weary of changing the rules in such a blatent atempt to cheat the system. It would draw screams from the suburbs and open a dialog as to why these cities feel they need to do this. The only way to defeat republicans is to educate the public as to what they are doing. Public outcry is the only way. This plan helps get out the message by forcing republicans to start screaming. Thus allowing democrats and fair minded people to explain why.

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