another okie
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JPL, I don't think you read my post carefully. I said stealing votes in Illinois can only affect the Illinois electoral votes, and that's true. I didn't say that the Illinois electoral votes can't be stolen, and that the Illinois electoral votes can't be the decisive margin. It's not a magic pill.
If we had a national popular vote, every vote stolen in Illinois would go directly into the total, and there would be an incentive to steal as many as possible. And there would be an incentive to steal votes everywhere, not just in states where the totals are close. As it is, once they have stolen enough votes to win in their own state, there is no incentive to steal any more in that state. And in states where the winner is going to be pretty obvious, there is no incentive to steal at all.
If we had a national popular vote, every vote stolen in Illinois would go directly into the total, and there would be an incentive to steal as many as possible. And there would be an incentive to steal votes everywhere, not just in states where the totals are close. As it is, once they have stolen enough votes to win in their own state, there is no incentive to steal any more in that state. And in states where the winner is going to be pretty obvious, there is no incentive to steal at all.
