Correction
The March 4 Our View "Abolish the Electoral
College" used inconsistent figures
to represent the connection between voter
apathy and the Electoral College. The figures
in some cases represented voter turnout
among registered voters and in others represented
voter turnout by voting age population.
The correct figures for voter turnout among
the voting age population in the most recent
presidential elections for which figures
are available are: United States, 2000,
49 percent; Mexico, 2000, 60 percent; South
Korea, 1997, 92 percent; France, 1995, 72
percent. The United States uses an Electoral
College while the latter three countries
have direct presidential elections.
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