Are You Trying to Overrule the Vote of the People?

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In the modern system, you're supposed to just allocate those electors on the basis of the people who voted in your state. And what's happening right now is that states are putting in systems which let the state legislature overrule the vote of the actual people. Aandii, don't i feel a little bit powerless? I don't know what to do about it. It's not completely absurd to th i that one person could win the popular and electoral vote by a lot in 20 24 but end up with the other person being elected president.

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