WA Ping
So let me get this straight, the dumbasses in Washington have a new law that says all of Washington’s electoral votes go to the clown who wins the most votes NATIONALLY? ROTFL! Funny stuff. “Americans” are such an ignorant lot. Always shooting themselves in the foot. Why should anyone in Washington even bother to vote?
These laws deny the people of their state a voice in the Electoral College by declaring that no matter what electors the voters choose they would send the ones of the national popular vote winner instead.
Let me get this straight. A state votes for candidate A but, because candidate B wins the popular vote, the state is REQUIRED to vote for candidate B? Democracy and representative government is dead in the USA. Last freedom lover out, please slam the door...
California has been trying to pass this same garbage. I suspect that Arnold will sign it before he leaves office. Tom Campbell, one of our "Republican" gubernatorial candidates for 2010, has been involved trying to push this on a national level. I hope Washington is successful in killing this law.
When the states don’t think that the states should have any voice in the nation where can you turn? When even purely selfish motives cannot serve any longer I just cannot think we have much to look forward to as a country or a people.
How the h*ll do they get by with this?
Lets hope David Anderson get the 120,500 signatures he needs by July to be able to stop this.
It’s occurred to me that there might be an argument to be made that that this compact could be unconstitutional.
In order for the NPV compact to be valid and binding under the Compacts Clause of Art 1, Sec. 10 of the Constitution, it has to be approved by Congress. Congress’s approval, however, would essentially be an act undermining the method of electing the President outlined in Art II, Sec. 1. It’s a bit thin, but might be worth fleshing out.