Monsters of modern politics - End Electoral College

Wikileaks ^ | 2014-7-4 | hms@sandlerfoundation.org

[fuzzylogic]

Summary: Stephen M. Silberstein, a member of George Soros’s far-left Democracy Alliance, sheds light on the extent of Soros’s socialist agenda for America. Silberstein’s foundation backs a panoply of leftist groups that fight for higher taxes on the rich, wealth redistribution schemes, single-payer socialized medicine, burdensome regulation of energy markets, judicial activism designed to advance a radically egalitarian agenda, and the replacement of the linchpin of federalism, the Electoral College, with a national popular vote.

[Kickass Conservative]

If these Morons can prove that NOT ONE VOTE is Fraudulent I might listen to them.

Well, not really. The Electoral College exits to protect the Republic from becoming a Tyrannical Democracy. (See Tagline).

[Hawthorn]

>> this would require a constitutional amendment <<

Nope. Go back and read the Constitution. It says in so many words that the Legislature of a state can allot the state’s electoral votes in any way that the legislature might decide.

Therefore, any state already could do exactly what you propose, needing only the authority of its Legislature.

(The strictest reading of the Constitution indicates that Legislature wouldn’t even need approval of the state’s Governor to set up your preferred system — although they’d probably want to get such approval in order to make the system politically viable.)

[Lmo56]

That was my point. ME and NB do the Congressional District method. It is fairest. Like to see it done nationally via amendment.

I live in MD. My vote don’t count, even though I live in a conservative district. Electoral vote goes 10-0 for Democrats each time when it would go 7-3 under Congressional District method.

[Bob]

While that’s a possibility, I’d prefer that the feds not be able to dictate the election processes to the states. Leaving the determination to the states requires no change and doesn’t force them to conform.