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gibsonguy: Please see Scott's post. This is an example of how to have a discussion.

Scott: This is a more compelling argument than others I've seen, but everyone gets to vote in this scenario. It's what they do with the vote outcome that is at issue.

139 posted on 05/23/2019 8:03:53 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)

The point of this section was to insure that there was a significant penalty if states denied former slaves the right to vote specifically for the Presidential electors the state sends. If you have a vote specifically for the electors and you then disregard the majority result of that vote it is of the same effect as not ever having allowed the majority to vote.

If a state in this compact were to send electors other than those selected by citizens of that state then the state will lose proportional (at least half) of its representation. This would mean that the number of electors AND the number of Congressional seats would be reduced by at least half.