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Letter: To avoid electing another inadequate fool, abolish the Electoral College

(Evan Vucci | The Associated Press) In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. Trump's closest advisers see Democrats' complaints that Moscow hacked their private emails this election season as a case of sour grapes. The pushback comes ahead of the Electoral College vote, Monday, Dec. 19, which is expected to make official Trump's election win.

With another national election for president happening in 2020, it is urgent that we do away with the Electoral College.

In the presidential election of 2016, the Electoral College overruled the popular vote and put a sociopath in office. To avoid the Electoral College electing another incompetent fool as president, the president should be elected by popular vote.

No more Trumps.

Richard D. Muranaka, Salt Lake City

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