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Tim Walz calls for scrapping of electoral college to decide US presidential race (www.theguardian.com)

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Kamala Harris’s running mate urges popular vote system but campaign says issue is not part of Democrats’ agenda

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The popular vote contract sounds interesting, but I like ranked voting more

Those solve two different problems. The first solves the problem of a candidate winning despite having fewer votes; the second solves the spoiler effect.