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To: deport
The question is have they entered into a pact with another state when they direct the electors of their state to vote for the candidate who gets the majority vote of the populace?

Seems so to me. And it apparently seems so to the people who adopted it.

North Carolina moved a big step closer to joining a national movement that could lead to the president of the United States being elected by popular vote. The state Senate, by a 30-18 partisan vote, passed legislation that would direct North Carolina's Electoral College delegates to vote for the presidential candidate with the most votes nationwide -- not the one with the most votes in the state -- if the national movement proves successful.So far, only Maryland has signed on, but more than 40 states are considering legislation that could bring them on board as well.

A bipartisan group of former U.S. representatives and senators came up with the plan, which would take effect when enough states to create a majority of Electoral College votes had joined a compact to direct those votes to the national popular vote winner. The earliest the compact could take effect would be the 2012 election.

State Sen. Dan Clodfelter, a Charlotte Democrat, urged his colleagues to join the compact, saying the current system cuts most of the country out of the presidential election. In 2004, he said, the majority of campaign money spent by Bush and Kerry was in just two battleground states -- Florida and Ohio.

Looks like an agreement between the states to me. Looks like the legislators think so too.

39 posted on 05/17/2007 4:09:01 PM PDT by RonF
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To: RonF
Search around Google and you'll get a lot of discussion both pro and con regarding various proposals.... I doubt any will be enacted in a very near future but at some point a change may take place..... I'm not enough of a legal scholar to understand the nuances but the last two elections have brought the issue to the forefront. All said and done I'm sure the SCOTUS will become involved if a change is made and the make up of the Court will be critical to the outcome, imo.

The following link is to a Legal Paper by Robert Bennett, Northwestern School of Law, that was presented in 2006 discussing the Electoral College process and potential changes. Bennett is advocating change as I see it to some sort of popular vote. Electoral College Reform Is Heating Up, And Posing Some Tough Choices

40 posted on 05/17/2007 4:54:07 PM PDT by deport ( Cue Spooky Music...)
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To: RonF

It’s not unconstitutional if it has the consent of Congress. And a Democrat controlled Congress will be tripping over themselves to do anything that will give them the presidency.


43 posted on 05/18/2007 5:42:26 AM PDT by SuperSonic (Bush "lied", people dyed.......their fingers purple.)
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