Uncle Bernie (Sanders) and others have been right all along. The electoral college has always been "rigged." Even the current "winner" dripped with contempt while complaining of it in every rambling diatribe, swearing to never concede unless he "won," at least the numbers racket, even if losing the vote of actual people.

Five times in our twisted history and twice now in one generation the true winner hasn't been elected. The pretender is therefore again less legitimate, like President George W. Bush in 2000, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President John Quincy Adams, and others in the 19th century.

The road to 270 has always been a highway to political hell when the people have taken a different route. It's long past time to discard all those silly maps and combinations of red and blue that incentivize GOP politicians to suppress the turnout, and the media to game the process with countless scenarios that might play out.

Every participant's decision in the election should count equally. Living in a Dakota shouldn't make a citizen's vote more valuable than living in Texas or Pennsylvania. 'President' Al Gore (top vote getter in 2000) campaigned recently saying that he --"of all people"-- knows how important every vote can be. But he failed to add that some have always been more important than others, depending on where cast.

Some are calling for a Constitutional Convention to propose term limits and other remedies for the flawed document we've struggled under and fought over for several centuries. Trashing the Electoral College would make good American sense (although Putin might object). It was never necessary, and history will again expose its potential for disaster.

ROBERT A. BONNER, Swatara Township