Posted on 12/22/2016 10:20:32 AM PST by mdittmar
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced a renewed effort to amend the U.S. Constitution to honor the principle of “one person, one vote” in the election of U.S. President and Vice President. Durbin first proposed this constitutional amendment in 2000 and has supported it regardless of the outcome in previous presidential elections. Republican Congressman Ray LaHood joined Durbin in his earlier efforts.
Noting the challenges of passing a constitutional amendment, Durbin also called on states to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would require each state’s electors to cast a ballot in favor of the candidate who won the national popular vote.
“Twice in recent memory, a majority of American voters cast their vote for the losing presidential candidate. This is certainly not what the Founders intended. It’s time to retire this 18th century invention that disenfranchises millions of Americans,” said Senator Durbin. “The American people deserve to choose all of their leaders, and I will continue to support efforts to empower voters. We face an uphill battle in Congress, but states have the power to act now by adopting the Compact and committing their electors to the candidate chosen by the voters.”
So far, 11 jurisdictions have entered the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: Illinois, California, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. These jurisdictions represent a total of 165 Electoral College votes. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact will take effect when enough states have joined the Compact to represent a majority of electoral votes (270 of 538).
Under Dick Durban’s theory, we would also have to change the Senate because based upon population it over represents the citizens of the less populous states and underrepresents the citizens of the more populous ones. Based upon population, by my math, California would go from 2 all the way up to 12 Senators, Texas would go to 8, Florida to 6, Illinois to 4..... But other states, such as Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine and New Hampshire would have to go to zero senators, and a number of other states from 2 down to 1. So why in the world would the less populous states ever agree to such a thing?
stop lying you jackass:
Scary and sad.
We’ve lost so much, given up so much, but the scum still rises.
Scary and sad.
We’ve lost so much, given up so much, but the scum still rises.
DOA.
No Red State has entered the National Popular Vote compact.
And do we really want NY and CA to pick our Presidents?
I think not.
What Durbin is doing is Constitutional.
What this Compact is doing is not.
Keep an eye on it, they’re about to attempt an end-run.
“American voters” is true only if millions of illegal aliens, dead people, multiple voters, and various other illegal voters are included.
In neither of the last two cases did the losing candidate get a “majority” of the vote. They got a “plurality”, which showed that a majority of americans did NOT WANT THEM.
But the EC properly filtered these regional candidates out, as the candidate who won a majority of the states was declared president.
honor the principle of “one person, one vote
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Well Dick, the principle of “one person, one vote” makes the senate obsolete. If we’re doing to be a true democracy, there’s no need for a senate.
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