Abolish Electoral College

Originally the people of United States picked their representatives -- local people they trusted -- to go on their behalf to Washington, DC, to evaluate the presidential candidates, and vote for the best choice. These were known as "electors": members of the Electoral College.

Nowadays, most Americans do not even know what Electoral College is. And very good! This institution outlived its usefulness, and what is left of it only creates problems. Problems such as one person winning the popular vote, but another becoming the president (remember 2000?) Or whole segments of population practically disenfranchised (Texas democrats come to mind...).

It is time to abolish the Electoral College altogether. Passing the Constitutional Amendment is rather difficult and time consuming task, but if enough State Legislatures take action, it will not be necessary. See, for example, http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/