To the Editor: The debate has started again as to whether the U.S. Constitution should be amended in order to change the presidential-election process.
Some promote eliminating the Electoral College in favor of a direct popular vote for President, while others believe the Electoral College should remain unchanged. Just as compromise solved the initial problems of the framers, so it is that compromise can solve this problem. The solution is to change the electoral votes to electoral points and award each candidate points based on the percentage of popular votes received in each state. This would eliminate the "winner-take-all" system, thus allowing all the votes to count.
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