Electoral College no longer serves a purpose

Now more than ever, with frivolous lawsuits questioning the integrity of our public elections by a president unwilling to accept defeat, it is imperative that the Electoral College be abolished.

It nolonger serves any advantageous purpose. Our colonialleaderscreatedthissystem,astherewassome question whether an uneducated public (no public schools at the time) could elect a qualified president.

A traditional and necessary principle in a democracy is “rule by the majority.” Too many presidents, includingPresidentTrump,havealreadygainedoffice without a majority of the American people voting for them.Usingthepopularvoteonlytoelectapresident also eliminates most of the frivolous lawsuits.

Hopefully, our Congress can attain the two-thirds majority “bipartisan” vote in both houses of Congress to pass the 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Lee Bolmer

Catasauqua