The Constitution has been amended to bring greater democracy to the American People since it was
initially adopted.  This has been accomplished by extending the right to vote to African Americans,
women and all those over the age of 18.  It has also been accomplished by allowing the people to
select U.S. Senators rather than having the State Legislatures select U.S. Senators.  Isn't it time that
We The People to Elect the President rather than 538 Electors chosen by the political parties!
The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, were designed to protect our
cherished individual rights and to prohibit any particular President or Congress from destroying our
personal freedom.  Many misguided politicians such as President Bush and President Reagan have
misused the amendment process to win elections by advocating Constitutional Amendments that eliminate
our existing Constitutional Rights by imposing their particular religious views on the entire nation.  
Attempts to adopt amendments designed to impose any particular religious group's morality are not only
misguided but doomed to failure.  The only Constitutional Amendment which did so was that which
banned the sale of alcohol.  Within a few years, a later Amendment was passed to remove this "morality"
prohibition which did nothing but make criminals out of ordinary citizens.
Constitutional Amendments throughout history have been passed to benefit the vast majority of American
Citizens by extending rights, protecting citizens from the State Governments, or changing government
processes to benefit the entire country.  Currently, the Republicans seek to pass an amendment to allow
the "Terminator" to run for President.  Wouldn't it be much more important to allow every single American
Citizen the Right to have his or her Vote Count toward the election of the President rather than to allow
one person to run for President?  Write these crazy Senators like Orrin Hatch and let him know what you
think. (see the Home Page for his address)




We advocate the direct election of the President by the people of the United
States.

This idea is neither radical or new. In fact, many delegates at the Constitutional Convention of 1787
supported the direct election of the president by popular vote.  Politic parties throughout the history of our
nation have adopted platforms that called for the elimination of the Electoral College and the election of
the president by popular vote. Many current members of Congress favor direct election of the president by
popular vote.

As an American citizens, we select virtually every elected official by a voting process where each citizens’
vote is counted and the person with the most votes wins.  Local officials, state officials, representatives in
Congress, and United States Senators are all selected by the popular vote.  Only the President of the
United States is not!  Isn't it a time for a change?

Less than 100 years ago, American citizens did not even select the senators that represented their state
in Congress. Instead, the Constitution provided that state legislatures chose the senators.   In 1913, the
XVII Amendment to the Constitution ensured that the people by popular vote would elect their  members
of the United States Senate.

It is now time that we extend democracy further to eradicate the inherent inequities and the problems
associated Electoral College. A Constitutional Amendment that eliminates the Electoral College and
provides for the direct election of the president by popular vote is all that is needed.  Simply put,  each
American's vote should be counted equally no matter where he/she resides and the candidate that
receives the most votes wins.

While the solution is simple, there are those in the country that oppose the popular vote method of
selecting the president for their own selfish political reasons. First of all, the Electoral College unfairly  
favors voters in certain states to the detriment of voters in other states .  In essence, the votes of
Americans in our least populated states count more than the votes of Americans in the vast majority of
states. This unfairness is contrary to the democratic principles our country routinely espouses all over the
world!

We need to educate the public and inform them of the great inequity and problems that are associated
with the Electoral College. Whether you live in a state where your vote counts less or your vote counts
more than citizens in another state, you should support the fundamental principle that no American's vote
should count more than any other American.
Mission - Abolish The Electoral College