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RE: No more election drama! A Constitutional Amendment that will solve our election worries.
I'm absolutely for a ranked voting system for the office of the President based on nationwide popular vote (ignoring state boundaries). This antiquated Electoral College system should go away. And with a proper ranked voting system we no longer have to worry much about spoilers and wasting our vote on a third-party that has very little chance.
There are quite a few ranked voting systems to choose from that trade-off different desirable voting criteria. I think it would be good to have a system that satisfies the Condorcet criterion. I'm personally a fan of the Schulze method.
Excellent links to support some out-of-the-box ideas! I think you nailed it: the Electoral College is antiquated, and needed during a time where the country was mainly countryside where candidates couldn't canvas every State reasonably.