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		pc86 on Nov 9, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Donald Trump Is Elected President It directly contradicts the last line of your statement. The EC does not exist "to introduce bizarre volatility"

benchaney on Nov 9, 2016 [–]

Allowing states to control the elections is a mean not an end. Given that the vote of states are determined by a popular vote within the state, the only end that is accomplished by the EC is introducing volatility.

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