This letter is in response to the rebuttal of Ken Miller to the Viewpoints piece by Don Rogers.Mr. Miller: You opine that all voters in every election should do the right thing and accept the results of an election. Does that also go for the candidates themselves?Should they accept the results of the election? I think most everyone should agree with both ideals. But what happens when one of those candidates refuses to accept the results? And not only refuses, but undermines the following administration and also campaigns going forward on the false accusations of a faulty or stolen election?And then also gets reelected, in part, on those false claims? Should there be no repercussions for that candidate and his minions who believe that lie? You can’t hold millions of citizens accountable, but what about the candidate? Should they be allowed to run for that office again if they didn’t follow normal election protocol by standing up for democracy, conceding the election and then continually regurgitated the election fraud lies for years? What if that candidate also initiates an insurrection on our U.S. Capitol and attempts to subvert the will of the people and overthrow that election? Shouldn’t there be penalties for that action? Further, would you say the Electoral College works effectively and as designed as it did when it was envisioned and enacted in 1787 … when there were only three states? And you say it gives a voice to states like Utah, which only has four electoral college votes? Really? Then why does the election balance every year on the results in the six or seven swing states? I don’t recall Utah ever being a swing state, nor a factor in any general election. Nor does anyone’s Democratic Party vote for president count for anything in this state.Further, your reasoning is that without the Electoral College, the election would be decided in the four largest cities in the country. Really? Then why all the concern every election cycle again in the swing states? It seems like the election every year is decided in a small number of states, not by a handful of cities — therefore making the even less populous states like Utah insignificant in terms of their voting results. It doesn’t seem like the Electoral College works at all now, does it?I would bet, if put to a vote, that a majority of people in this country would think the popular vote should decide the general elections, not some outdated, impractical, antiquated system of voting (that most foreign countries think is ridiculous) that was designed almost 240 years ago when the U.S. only had three states. In any other developed country in the world with a free and fair election, the will of the majority of the people determine the election results. Regardless of where those people live within that country.Scott SherwoodPark CityThe post Electoral College blues appeared first on Park Record.