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To: jjotto

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is not a Constitutional amendment.

Article I-Section 10, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution specifically permits states to enter interstate compacts. There are hundreds of major compacts currently in force (and thousands of minor ones), as can be seen at
http://tinyurl.com/3ra7elc
http://www.csg.org/programs/ncic/default.aspx


71 posted on 01/30/2012 12:50:19 PM PST by mvymvy
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To: mvymvy
Article I-Section 10, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution specifically permits states to enter interstate compacts.

With Congressional consent.

Has anybody polled Congress on their leanings on this?

-PJ

107 posted on 01/30/2012 6:20:11 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you can vote for President, then your children can run for President.)
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