[tiziniano]

Do not be mistaken, popular vote was one of the options considered at the beginning of the USA. It was not due to the potential for fraud. So even today, the electoral college serves as a safeguard when there is reason to believe the popular vote has been tainted. The current media narrative is there is no hard evidence, but what other evidence other than video, sworn affidavits is required? Do not be too quick to call it for Biden, not withstanding the popular vote, this probably will drag on until December despite the media attempts to end it quickly.

[joshuamorton]

The electoral college had nothing to do with fraud. It was a check against a misinformed populace, or a candidate that died. Both of those things have been made irrelevant by faithless elector laws. It now serves basically only as a bias towards republicans, as the founders of this country chose to value land over people.