US Constitution Article II
Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors...After allowing State Voters to determine the electors by majority vote; the US Constitution does not permit the State to determine how the Electors vote for President. Amendment II says the Electors vote!
Amendment XII The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least...These laws are only laying the groundwork for increased Constitutional crisis much worse than that fomented in the 2000 election. The Nation will be at the mercy of the most corrupt State political machines (Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Missouri, California, etc.) and the most corrupt voters. (ACORN, CPUSA, etc.)
The 2008 Democrat Primary was an exercise in similar disenfranchisement where some congressional districts (Strong Obama Districts) received extra delegates while other (Strong Clinton Districts) lost delegates. One man, one vote loses its meaning when one man receives one delegate and another man receives five. I only wonder if the Democrats plan to spring this disenfranchisement on any general election soon.
In other words, ignore the state polls for these two states.
Playing with the RCP interactive map and moving both of these states to leaning McCain based on national polls, suddenly it’s 252-192 McCain with 94 still a tossup. And McCain leads in states counting for 38 of the tossup states.
Things are getting more and more interesting.
This is one of the most moronic things the democrats can do since they very, very rarely take the popular vote.
For a small state to do this is insane since smaller states are in effect over-represented in the electoral college (congressional seats are based on population but the 2 senate seats are not, therefore a tiny state with, say 3 or 4 or 5 electoral votes is greatly over-represented in the EC, by a factor of around 2.)
Why would smaller states want to cede their power to larger states?
Why would they want to guarantee that political parties have no reason to campaign in their state or to pay attention to issues that affect them?
This compact is moronic and could be a godsend for the GOP since it could turn blue states pure RED.
I have never said this before, and I am ashamed to say it now. But it is time Liberals received the same treatment from us as their imperious fore fathers the royalists did. To wit- A bucket of tar, a sack of feathers, and a lit candle, combined and a applied in a suitable fashion!
Old, but relevant to our electoral college system of electing Presidents.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!