Soldier dies while trying to vote during Civil War

[Steve]

David,
Having a national popular vote for President wouldn't stop the need for recounts. There would just be a huuuge nationwide recount if necessary.

In the 2000 election Gore's percentage of the national popular vote (.51%) would've been just above the threshold for an automatic recount according to current Florida rules. One of the most overlooked important issues in that election was the size of the House of Representatives hasn't increased with the population of the U.S. since the 1920's. If it had, Gore would've won the electoral vote regardless of the outcome in Florida.

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(11-16-2018 08:38 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Are you then proposing that we do away with the Electoral College? And how did we turn the true story of a soldier trying to exercise his right to vote during the Civil War into another contentious "discussion" on modern politics?

I was wondering that myself. Poor Eugene Conelly, forgotten again in the pursuit of making present day political points.