Counted votes which still don’t count.

The Common Problem . . .

Is that large population centers politically outweigh the surrounding areas. Cities like Los Angeles and Chicago vote very differently from the rest of their respective states. The result is that millions of voters are effectively disenfranchised, when it comes to Presidential elections. In the case of California, this results in millions of disenfranchised voters in the largest, most powerful state in terms of electoral votes. The first solution typically proposed is to do away with the Electoral College entirely, and go to a direct election by popular vote. The problem with this proposal is that it ignores the purpose of the Electoral College. By distributing the voting representation across geographic separations, it ensures anyone elected President has a broad base of support across a large portion of the country. Even when the system seemed to fail in 1860, the states which elected Lincoln had such an advantage in population, in development, in every measurable aspect of power resources, that the Union victory in the American Civil War was practically guaranteed.

So, how can we solve the problem of disenfranchised voters without sacrificing the advantage of national harmony that comes from the current system?

The Uncommon Solution . . .

Any city with a census population larger than the least populated state should have its electoral votes divided from the state in which it resides. Both the state and city get to round up their total of electoral votes, resulting in one electoral vote added per city which is divided from its state.

The Common Problem

The difference between a mistake and a problem is repetition