The New York Times had a good article about abolitioning the Electoral College. You can read the Yahoo story on it here. Why are we still using this system? We keep touting bringing democracy to the rest of the world, but we are not a true democracy. We’re a republic.
According to the article: “The majority does not rule, and every vote is not equal — those are reasons enough to scrap the system,” the Times said. Kerry in ’04.