[BusterBear]

It takes a Constitutional Amendment, and ratification by 3/4 or 2/3 of the States I believe, and even the evil Rats cannot pull that off.

They are working on a way to get around that. Some states have adopted an amendment that says that the electors for their state will vote for whoever has the majority of the popular vote nationwide, no matter who wins in their state.

So, for example, if candidate A gets a majority of the popular vote nationwide, but loses in state XYZ, then the electors in state XYZ will vote for him regardless. This will prevent a situation in which the candidate loses the popular vote but gets a majority in the electoral college, as happened in 2000.

[samantha]

I do not think that there will be enough States that are willing to do that, because it goes against the original thoughts of the Planners, and does not sound very much like United States doctrine. I thought I read somewhere that Colorado was going to attempt this. I could be wrong, it was a Western State, cannot remember, it was not discussed much.

[Arizona Carolyn]

correct and I read this week South Dakota, of all states, is wanting to go along with this. How far have we sunk when small states like SD have no clue how powerless they will become if the big states succeed in pulling off this power play?