Electoral College Voter

Interesting thoughts from one electoral college voter.

"I am a Republican presidential elector, one of the 538 people asked to choose officially the president of the United States. Since the election, people have asked me to change my vote based on policy disagreements with Donald J. Trump.  In some cases, they cite the popular vote difference.  I do not think presidents-elect should be disqualified because they won the Electoral College instead of the popular vote.  However, now I am asked to cast a vote on Dec. 19 for someone who shows daily he is not qualified for the office. . . ." 

"The United States was set up as a republic.  Alexander Hamilton provided a blueprint for states' votes.  Federalist 68 argued that an Electoral College should determine if candidates are qualified, not engaged in demagogy, and independent from foreign influence.  Mr. Trump shows us again and again that he does not meet these standards.  Given his own public statements, it isn't clear how the Electoral College can ignore these issues, and so it should reject him. . . ." 

"The election of the next president is not yet a done deal.  Electors of conscience can still do the right thing for the country. Presidential electors have the legal right and a constitutional duty to vote their conscience.  I believe electors should unify behind a Republican alternative, an honorable and qualified man or woman such as Gov. John Kasich of Ohio.  I pray my fellow electors will do their job with me in discovering who that person should be. . . ." 

He makes some good points and he's absolutely right.  If we're going to use the electoral college system to select a president, we may as well let them vote as they were intended to vote.  I also find it to be another reason that we need to scrape this whole Electoral College system too.  One person, one vote!

Anyways, you can read the entire article here.