Electoral College candidate defends system
Kassar sees no need to change way presidents are chosen
The historic 2016 election, which resulted in a split between the popular vote and the Electoral College, has led many disgruntled Democrats to call for a drastic change in presidential elections. But one candidate for the college from Brooklyn is defending the centuries-old system for picking presidents.
Jerry Kassar, who ran as an elector pledged to Republican Donald Trump, said the system works well and should not be tampered with.
“We have been doing it this way since the founding of the republic,” Kassar told the Brooklyn Eagle. Kassar, a Dyker Heights resident who is the chief of staff to state Sen. Marry Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-Southwest Brooklyn), is also chairman of the Brooklyn Conservative Party. Kassar ran in the Nov. 8 election, but did not win, since Hillary Clinton won New York State and will receive all of the state’s 29 electoral votes when members meet in Albany to vote on Dec. 19.
The Electoral College was established by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution.