He'll tap around on his computer until he finds the antidote for the Electoral College - the traditional way Americans choose the president of the United States and a system Anderson has grown to despise.

Anderson is so desperate to get John Kerry elected president that he's voting for Ralph Nader.

To try to beat the Electoral College system, Anderson signed up at http://votepair.org, a Web site that matches people like him (in states like Republican-entrenched Utah where the election has long been decided) with a Nader supporter in a swing state like Ohio, where the race for the White House is still being run. Anderson agreed to vote for Nader, while his swing-state partner will vote for Kerry.

''That's how bad the Electoral College system is,'' Anderson said. ''We know in Utah that we are completely disenfranchised. The Electoral College is so inconsistent with what my idea of democracy is. We're told 'One person, one vote,' but this is a far cry from that.''

Utah has five electoral votes, and they're all going to President Bush. Done deal. This state is red (the Republican color on an Electoral College map). It is so red that the voters in Utah County supported Bush with a higher percentage of votes in 2000 than any other county in America.

But if John Kerry should lose the popular vote but win the White House, the system might change quickly, said Utah Democratic Party Chairman Donald Dunn.

''The Republicans might become enlightened,'' Dunn said. ''How can you justify getting more votes but not winning?

''We need to just get rid of it.''