Can the Constitution be changed in this fashion? The Electoral College is part of the Constitution - doesn’t it need an amendment to be changed?
I could have sworn that states cannot enter into “treaties or compacts” with each other.
What makes this different is the contingency of requiring other states totaling 270 electoral votes to similarly pass the law. That makes it an interstate compact, which requires Congressional approval. If the state chose to do it immediately without a dependency on other states, it could do so.
-PJ
They’re not changing the Constitution. The Constitution already said states can choose any method they want to choose their electors. They don’t even need to have a vote at all, they could let the governor or state legislature distribute them.
It was already changed once by the 12th Amendment. The Constitution gives the authority to the state legislatures as to how to create electors. I read an analysis some time ago and it seems the Constitution gives the State Legislature the right to do this. These are Connecticut’s electors and they can do with them what they want. I think it totally stupid to do what they did but so be it, it is up to the people of Connecticut to remedy this. I doubt anything will happen since the electorate in Connecticut is like a twin of that in California.
This doesn’t require any change to the Constitution.
The Constitution reserved this power for the state legislatures.
From Article II:
“Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors...”
There is no Constitutional requirement to have a statewide vote for presidential candidates. There is for Representatives and Senators, but not for Presidents.
My thought as well.