Your Vote for President Doesn't Exist

There is an E.J. Dionne Jr. editorial worth thinking about in todays Washington Post.

"The individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States. . . . "

That is what the United States Supreme Court determined in Bush vs Gore in 2000. And, it's correct. We vote for electors who then cast votes for President.

Here is what I've never thought about before. Each state gets to appoint electors equal to the number of members of the House of Representative plus their two Senators. So each state has a minimum of 3 electors. Those 3 electors in a sparsely populated state like Wyoming each respresent about 172,000 people. Each elector in California represents 663,000 people. Wyoming votes seem to count more than California's votes.

Dionne points out that his state of Maryland is attempting to pass a law which will require electors to cast their vote for the Presidential candidate that wins the most popular votes. This is an interesting way to change the way we vote without having need for a Constitutional amendment. Unfortunately, the law will not take effect unless states representing a 270 electoral vote majority pass equivalent laws. Isn't it time that the person who receives the most citizen cast votes for President actually become President?