To: Cincinatus' Wife
They're wasting their time an money. They need a vote from both houses and 3/4 of the state legislature. I doubt any of the small states are going to want to vote themselves into irrelevancy.
26 posted on
10/14/2011 12:40:49 PM PDT by
Hugin
("A man'll usually tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear it"--- Open Range)
To: Hugin
The group needs states that have 270 — or half of the electoral college votes — to approve the change to make it happen... Golisano says the group had first targeted the 2016 election to get enough states to change, but says the increased momentum makes 2012 a possibility. Actually, they are not looking for an amendment, they are passing an interstate compact.
They still need both chambers of Congress to approve the compact, which is unlikely to happen.
-PJ
27 posted on
10/14/2011 12:47:50 PM PDT by
Political Junkie Too
(Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, Mexican on Cinco de Mayo, and American on Election Day.)
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