Re: “Abolish the Electoral Faculty for the nice of the nation” [Feb. 24, Opinion]:
Scott Newcombe made a stable case for abolishing the damaging and harmful Electoral Faculty. He closed by calling for a Constitutional modification to exchange it.
Luckily, there’s an alternate which doesn’t require two-thirds of Congress and three-quarters of the states. It’s known as the Nationwide Standard Vote Interstate Compact. It’s a deal the place as quickly as sufficient states signal on to manage a majority of electoral votes, they may all assign their electors primarily based on the nationwide fashionable vote and the favored vote winner will get elected.
Washington has signed on however you probably have associates and kinfolk in states that haven’t, drop them a line.
Frederick Wamsley, Redmond
