Votes of black Americans ‘should count TWICE’ because they are ‘devalued compared to white people’, professor says 20 Dec 2020, 20:37 VOTES of black Americans "should be counted twice" because they are "devalued compared to white people," according to a professor. Brandon Hasbrouck - an assistant professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law - proposed his idea in The Nation's column The Argument. 4 According to Brandon Hasbrouck, black voters in America 'are worth less than white voters'Credit: AP:Associated Press 4 Hasbrouck, pictured, slammed the Electoral College as a 'core' problem in the US voting systemCredit: W & L Law Faculty Hasbrouck's piece, which was published on Thursday, insists that "black voters in this country are worth less than white voters" and slammed the Electoral College as a "core" problem in the United States voting system.