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To: kabar

But one outcome of the Supreme Court decision in Bush v Gore, over the Florida recount mess, is that the state may NOT change the rules after the election


54 posted on 09/06/2008 6:45:17 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell)
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To: PapaBear3625
National Popular Vote is the organization pushing this. Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey,and Illinois have already passed it. This is a serious movement, which is trying to circumvent the Constitution by having what amounts to the direct election of the President by popular vote. They know that they have no chance of amending the Constitution to do this, so they are doing an end run.

Here are the details of what the group is all about, including their defense of its constitutionality.

The Bush-Gore SCOTUS ruling is not relevant to this issue as you can plainly see.,

56 posted on 09/06/2008 7:03:56 AM PDT by kabar (.)
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