[lbo-talk] Prop. 62 Would Squelch Third Parties in California

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Wed Oct 27 04:51:42 PDT 2004


On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Doug Henwood wrote:


>> Why no mention of the Electoral College by your party of social
>> betterment?
>
> It would be nearly impossible to abolish without scrapping the whole damn
> constitution. Not that that's a bad thing, but that would be a
> revolutionary change.

That's a bit of an exaggeration. Passing a constitutional amendment is difficult, but it's not a revolution. No more than the amendment that established direct election of senators in 1913.

Michael



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