Posted on 07/31/2004 6:04:04 AM PDT by mondoman
Exactly. Nebraska's system is not as crazy as this..it actually makes some sense and is decently fair and gives folks a say.
But this is just outrageous......this is Germany/French crap and I won't stand for it.
If we want to know what will happen to America if this becomes law, take a gander at the political culture of those countries.
This is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!! Not a minor issue.....A HUGE THREAT TO OUR REPUBLIC!!!!!!!!!
I prefer the NEbraska system, not the Colorado one. Nebraska's is less radical.
I pray this fails in Colorado.....it is a horrendous proposal (and unconstitutional....only the legislature can make these changes).
This is wrong: Maine has gone 3-1 several times.
Maine went 4-0 in 2000, but it was very close. Maine often goes 3-1.
In ANY close election, given that a MAJORITY of a state prefers Candidate A,
the new system could easily hand the overall election instead to Candidate B.
Wouldn't the MAJORITY of that state's voters be ANGRY?
This would really open up a can of worms and battles across the landscape. Most Americans have no idea what is at stake....exactly what the lowlife rats are banking on.
As usual, depending on the stupidity of the average voter.
Someday we need to get all freepers to run for public office....think we could have some impact?
As posts 27 and 64 make clear, this would be both unconstitutional (sinc it is not a law enacted by the legislature) and in violation of the United States Code since the electors must be chosen prior to the election.
We need to e-mail the SOS to make sure they know this is not even a legal initiative to go on the ballot.
This should not be voted on!
sos.elections@sos.state.co.us
and that is exactly the plan - the safe Dem states remain winner take all, while the Dems in a few Republican states fool those citizens into making their system "fair" by dumping winner take all.
don't be so sure the Dems can't pull this off.
At that point, if they were to get it in just a few states (like Colorado) - the only way to then make the system fair would be elimination of the electoral college. Nebraska and Maine aside, we can't have a fair elections with all the solid Dem states going winner take all, while other states go with partial allocations.
in this country, that's as sure as death and taxes.
But they enacted those laws through their legislatures before the election. This referendum violates both federal law and the constitution. It would change the method of allocating the electoral college vote after the deadline specified in federal law. Read post #64. The US Constitution also states that only the state legislatures have the authority to change the method of selecting electors.
Thanks. I guess it gives something else for the Democrats to blame an electoral loss on if it's within 8 electoral votes. Think that's the strategy?
Dems in mid-Nov: "Conservative Judges once again stole an election from us."
More 'rat slick tricks.
It seems to me I remember this being "in discussion" mode when I lived in Colorado. Nobody in the Western Slope (western Colorado, i.e., rural conservative area) was in favor of this "great" idea. I'm sure it sprung from someone in the liberal areas, i.e., Bolder (a/k/a Berzerkley wannabees), Denver, Steamboat Springs.....
Bolder = Boulder, of course
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