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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