Rep. Raskin Wants the Jan. 6 Committee to Recommend Abolishing Electoral College: Report

Mediaite ^ | 6/6/22 | Katherine Higgins

[markomalley]

He has a point. If they abolish the electoral college, they'll only need to fabricate votes in Illinois and California. Far easier.

[libh8er]

“ Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has pushed colleagues….to support ditching the Electoral College”

His colleagues don’t need pushing.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

These totalitarian asshats are so transparent, in coming up with excuses to ditch our rights. Since "A" happened, now we must abolish/ban/cancel "B".

 

 

[qaz123]

There was a concerted effort by 5 states, IIRC, that wanted to do exactly this during the Trump administration.

[DaiHuy]

Maybe Jamie needs to read the Constitution.

[Krosan]

California already has a law saying if an elector doesn’t vote as pledged the vote is canceled and the elector is replaced.

Here is a list of laws for all states - https://www.fairvote.org/faithless_elector_state_laws

[Alvin Diogenes]

Abolishing the Electoral College would be the death knell of the United States.

[Gaffer]

Gonna take 3/4ths of the states to get rid of it because it is going to need an Amendment to do so.

[Sacajaweau]

Probably the best thing that the "wise men" that wrote the Constitution did.

They also warned of the danger of the gimmees outnumbering the workers.

[Secret Agent Man]

Nope.

We are not a direct democracy.

Also the electoral college makes all states important. Not just the highext populated areas.

[qaz123]

I’m not worried about it.

But at the same time, if Republican state legislatures and Governors, around the US, are like the ones in Georgia, then there’s a very, very good chance that it could happen.

[SmokingJoe]

He doesn’t have a point.
How many votes does he have in the US Senate.
Does he know what it takes to change the constitution?

[Jonty30]

The smaller states better start developing exit plans, just in case liberals manage to sneak something like this through.

[Jonty30]

Or 2/3 of Congress.
I wouldn’t put it past them to try and sneak it through as an earmark or something.

[Gaffer]

https://constitutionus.com/constitution/amendments/ratifying-constitutional-amendments/#:~:text=An%20amendment%20must%20pass%20the%20House%20and%20Senate,an%20amendment%20to%20be%20ratified%20in%20this%20manner%3A

[Jonty30]

Appreciate the education.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Constitution is for moral and Godly people. Demonrats are neither.

[Gaffer]

States Ratification was the reason why the 70s Equal Rights Amendment failed, IIRC.

[SmokingJoe]

Constitution is for everybody, as the Dems will find out if they tried to change it.

[Still Thinking]

Imbeciles like that show why it’s needed.