And why has "the electoral college never worked as planned"? Could it be that if the people themselves are not given proper voice in choosing 'their president', that it becomes more evident that the government established by the Constitution for the united States of America is not the people's government which is actually the case? Isn't a direct democracy in choosing government officials a better idea than having 'representatives' choose those officials? A direct democracy being used to choose government officials is not the same as a direct democracy being used to choose policies that violate the God-given Rights of the people. If the people cannot have direct input in the choosing of government officials, would that government be their government? I choose not to accept anything that the so-called 'founding fathers' such as Hamilton, Madison and Jay have laid out for us without first going over it with a fine-toothed comb. gene karl