Electoral College: It¡¯s time for reform It¡¯s not fair. It¡¯s not fair to the candidates running for office, not fair to the campaign volunteers and especially not fair to the American people. Although the Electoral College System was originally considered to be a brilliant innovation that cleverly solved a cluster of 18th-century problems, as we approach the 21st century, we confront different problems and our constitutional system of presidential selection does not …showed first 75 words of 283 total…

…showed last 75 words of 283 total…the polls, all the electoral votes of the state are still counted. Although the elector is morally trusted to cast his vote for the candidate of the people¡¯s choice, there is a possibility of a "faithless" elector following his own preference. Another key problem is that each state's electoral votes are awarded on a ¡°winner-take-all¡± basis. This makes it extremely difficult for third-party or independent candidates to win any seats in the Electoral College.