Unconstitutional in every way. If ALL laws were purely passed as a "popularity contest", there would be NO minority rights....
This socilialist policy in its purest form, where CA plus NY, plus the Northeast and Northwest=Democrat/Socialist President will win every time.
The rest of the country becomes dis-enfranchised and their votes become over-whelmed by sheer numbers of entitlements-recievers, and lunatic leftist wacko's.
Article. II.Section. 1.
Clause 2: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
Actually, this proposal is not unconstitutional in any way - the electoral votes are to be apportioned in the manner in which the legislature of the state deems appropriate - this could be a coin flip if they wanted to.
Now, having said that, I don't agree with the proposal, and the state is simply giving up its representation by doing so. The voters of the state should hold the legislature accountable for acting contrary to their best interest.
"Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress...":
A state could award elector based on the winner of the World Series and it's perfectly legal.
If the Democrats get away with this bill, it will hasten the break up of the United States of America because the people in flyover country won't stand for this.
The libs keep getting traction from the 2000 'stolen election'
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000 Presidential election:
Population of counties won by: Gore: 127 million; Bush: 143 million;
Square miles of land won by: Gore: 580,000; Bush: 2,427,000
States won by: Gore: 19; Bush: 29
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Gore: 13.2; Bush: 2.1
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great country. Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off government welfare..."
It's funny how liberals suddenly care about state legislatures when it only concerns them.
"The rest of the country becomes dis-enfranchised and their votes become over-whelmed by sheer numbers of entitlements-receivers, and lunatic leftist wacko's."
You nailed it. I smell Clinton/'Rat Tinkering. Messing with the EC or a sudden Third Party springing up is the ONLY way The Beast can win in 2008.
But, nobody ever listens to me. :(