Please feel free to copy and paste this letter in support of ending the Electoral College. Send it to the editor of your newspaper, your local elected official(s), your local chamber of commerce, your local business clubs (Lions, Rotary, Elks, etc.) or other influencers.
Dear _______,
Each Presidential election cycle, I find it increasingly frustrating that my vote just doesn’t carry the same weight as votes cast in the same handful of “swing” states. Are the voters in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, or Michigan (among others) better than – or more knowledgeable – than us?
This is unfair. It’s causing people to lose faith in their republic.
Since I do not reside in a swing state, I feel ignored. Presidential candidates seldom visit my state of ______ and therefore remain unfamiliar with our statewide and local concerns. I thought the President was supposed to be the Chief Executive for ALL of the American people.
For far too long, the Electoral College has silenced millions of Americans’ voices with its “winner-take-call” mechanism and its unfair emphasis on a few swing states. The Electoral College is an 18th Century relic, implemented at a time when communication and knowledge were difficult to disseminate. This is no longer true in the mid-21st Century.
No state or voter is more important than any other. It’s time to get rid of the Electoral College.
Sincerely,
_______________