On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 16:34:53 -0500, "D. Strang"
wrote:

"Ace" wrote

In *The Great Democracy* are some people's votes worth more than
others?

No. They are equal. Everyone in the same state has the same 1 vote.
People from other states also have 1 vote, but their state may have more
electors. This is taught in most American high schools, and you will probably
learn it soon unless you drop out.



Well, not exactly. Based on the Supreme Court decision in Reynold vs
Sims, each citizen's vote should provide equal representation. The
decennial census counts the population and reapportions representation
among the states to keep the House of Representatives at 435 members.
During the last census, the number of citizens to get a representative
came out to about 715,000. So, since the Electoral College membership
is equal to the Congressional delegation of the state (same as the
state's number of representatives and senators) a voter in a more
populous state with more electors, has about the same influence as a
voter in a state with few electors.

Of course, that's skewed by the winner-take-all mandate for EC voting,
but I think the point is that our Agincourt Ace doesn't know what he's
talking about, but he's got an axe to grind. An axe from Agincourt?
Nah, that's too literal.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8