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Originally posted by Troubleshooter
Most people aren't qualified to drive. Why would we give them carte blanche to vote as well?
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Sorry, I'm really not tops on voting theory.
It's my understanding that the difference between an electoral college (voting system?) and a popular vote is that in the former, the votes for a region are pooled together. That is, the person with the majority of votes in a specific state gets all of the votes for that state. In states that are heavily dominated by a certain political leaning, this causes problems; the lone dissenter's vote is only considered within a smaller context than is (I'd imagine) technologically necessary.
What's the link between changing how votes are counted and giving anybody carte blanche to do anything?