Two-thirds of the states must ratify.
Ain’t gonna happen.
‘zackly. The southern states won’t tolerate this.
Not to mention all the Democrats in the Senate and Governorships (as well as the next SOS) that want to be President themselves in 2016.
Two-thirds of the states elected his ass...
I suspect you’re right. I’m a lot more concerned about the national vote sidestep of the constitution being taken by various states than a frontal assault.
interstate compact to elect the president by national popular vote has already been enacted into law by 4 states. 4 more have already passed both houses, and 4 have passed it in one house. What it does is combines popular vote numbers of member states and gives the winner all the electoral votes reguardless of how the individual state votes
Here’s the pdf of the resolution that passed the house here in michigan.
http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/resources/bills/MI-HB-6610-of-2008.pdf
and the popular vote website.
http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/
It takes three-fourths of the states (38 out of 50) - not two-thirds.
Ain’t gonna happen.
Not to mention the two thirds house vote!!!
Agreed, It not gonna to happen!!
Some people just don't seem to grasp the fact that about 1/2 of the house and 90% of the senate would like to be president. They will never vote for anything that would lower their chance.
For all of you who don't know what it takes to change the Constitution, try google.
Ain’t gonna happen.”
Two-thirds of congress and three-quarters of the states is needed to pass a Constitutional Amendment I believe.
Thank GOD the founding fathers had that level of forethought.