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Delaware gov. signs bill awarding electoral votes to winner of national popular vote
The Hill ^ | March 28, 2019

Posted on 03/28/2019 1:13:49 PM PDT by SMGFan

Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) signed a bill that would give the state's presidential electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, according to the Associated Press.

In signing the bill, Delaware became the 13th state to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. States that belong to the compact would award their electoral votes to whomever wins the popular vote nationally, regardless of the results in the Electoral College.

With the addition of Delaware, states that belong to the compact hold 184 electoral votes, still well short of the 270 needed to ascend to the White House.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Delaware
KEYWORDS: 2020election; delaware; election2020; elections; electoralcollege; electoralvotes; faithlesselectors; joebiden; johncarney; nationalpopularvote; npv; soundslikeacarney; thehill; thehillary; theshill
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To: SMGFan

Patently unconstitutional, and the states were ruled to have to obey the Constitution.


41 posted on 03/28/2019 2:29:55 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: ssaftler

You are forgetting that the Constitution prohibits states from entering into compacts with other states. That would be an unconstitutional means of bypassing the Amendment process.


42 posted on 03/28/2019 2:32:15 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: centurion316

Don’t worry. It will be upheld for the 2020 election, then overturned as unconstitutional in 2021 after the lib gets in.


43 posted on 03/28/2019 2:39:11 PM PDT by Bommer (Help 2ndDivisionVet - https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&term=married-recent-amputecan')
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To: BBQToadRibs

>>The odd thing is this could potentially help the republicans as well

The rats are not going to be consistent. If this compact were EVER to benefit republicans, it would be immediately dropped.


44 posted on 03/28/2019 2:45:13 PM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: vikingd00d

If the courts find such a compact Constitutional, it will have the force of federal law enforced by the federal courts. It won’t be gotten rid of on a whim.


45 posted on 03/28/2019 2:47:23 PM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

I am sure they are aiming for 2024 hoping far more state legislature go Democrat with 2020 and 2022 elections.

But 2024 is not 2020. Anyone confident in Pence 2024 , or who?


46 posted on 03/28/2019 3:10:05 PM PDT by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

“The compact has so far been adopted by blue states”

How much do you want to bet that they will try to back out of the deal, if a Republican wins the popular vote?

I’m surprised they didn’t write that exception into their resolution...


47 posted on 03/28/2019 3:18:34 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: SMGFan

I so, so want Trump to win the popular vote so that these blue states have to award him their electoral votes. That would be the sweetest possible irony.


48 posted on 03/28/2019 3:21:42 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the video")
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To: SMGFan

Every Vote Counts, unless they don’t...


49 posted on 03/28/2019 3:26:52 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: SMGFan

There was no popular vote contest in 2016 anymore than there was a talent or Miss Congeniality competition. I could not respect any national popular vote that was not based on common standards for voter registration, voter identification, vote casting, vote security, vote counting, and vote reporting.


50 posted on 03/28/2019 3:33:17 PM PDT by jimfree (My18 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: BBQToadRibs
The odd thing is this could potentially help the republicans as well.

Not very likely. In the event that a Republican candidate wins the popular vote, the Democrats will just say that this scheme is unconstitutional, or come up with some other excuse, and refuse to comply with it.

51 posted on 03/28/2019 3:35:37 PM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: ssaftler

Delaware is a dumbass democrat blue state hoping to help the effort to make elections irrelevant. I know because I live here.


52 posted on 03/28/2019 3:40:50 PM PDT by Hartlyboy
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To: SMGFan

Democrats are going to try to steal the election, one way or another.


53 posted on 03/28/2019 3:45:52 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: ontap

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54 posted on 03/28/2019 3:48:57 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: SMGFan

Wouldn’t an “ National Popular Vote Interstate Compact” require an approval from Congress? Maybe they shouldn’t have used the word “Compact”?


55 posted on 03/28/2019 4:24:48 PM PDT by WHBates
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To: T Ruth

I don’t believe it’s unconstitutional but it certainly may require a approval by congress & the President.


56 posted on 03/28/2019 4:27:31 PM PDT by WHBates
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To: SMGFan

Amazing that state are running to give away their own citizens’ votes to New York City and LA County.


57 posted on 03/28/2019 4:51:50 PM PDT by trublu
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To: traderrob6

“I don’t believe so. The constitution does not spell out HOW a state may allocate their electoral votes”

Yes it does. The Constitutional issue is voters from one state determining the electors of another state. The Constitution is clear that voters in the states they reside in are the ones involved in the process of determining their states electors, whether directly or indirectly, not voters from other states.


58 posted on 03/28/2019 5:02:08 PM PDT by ScottfromNJ
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To: centurion316
You are forgetting that the Constitution prohibits states from entering into compacts with other states.

Gotta prove it. Maybe we'll get a Special Counsel to investigate collusion between the states. I think Mueller is looking for work :D

59 posted on 03/28/2019 5:16:24 PM PDT by ssaftler (The opinions expressed here have not been peer reviewed, fact checked or focus group tested.)
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To: SMGFan
Not to beat a dead horse, but...

'nuff said. Wonder if the Delaware Gov. has seen this?

60 posted on 03/28/2019 5:22:17 PM PDT by upchuck (Home schooled kids are educated, not indoctrinated.)
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