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but states' rights are still an important, if perhaps outdated, element of the US Constitution.


Not taking sides here, but this is one issue that liberals and conservatives tend to disagree on. Conservatives are more in favor of state's rights and having the electoral system is a way to give states a say in elections.

Good point on how the legislative body that would be in a possition to alter the law would also have the most to lose by doing so.

Perhaps, instead of having the legislature change the law, it could be a vote of the people within each state. But if I'm not mistaken, don't most state constitutional changes require the legislature to pass the bill before it's passed onto a popular vote of the people?
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Brad B.