Posted on 05/07/2018 2:19:36 PM PDT by tcrlaf
Connecticut’s legislature has passed a bill that would give the state’s Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote nationally.
The state Senate voted 21-14 on Saturday to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which includes 10 states and the District of Columbia. The state House passed the measure last week, 77 to 73.
The compact requires its members to cast their Electoral College ballots for the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote. The agreement goes into effect once states representing at least 270 electoral votes — the number needed for a candidate to win the presidency — signs the compact.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) has promised to sign the legislation committing his state to the interstate agreement. Once he does so, the compact will have 172 electoral votes. California, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and the District of Columbia have already signed the accord.
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Yep. How can the State’s own vote not determine the state election? This seems little different that anforced conversion to a parliamentary system.
Nope, this is perfectly constitutional. States have the power to cast their electoral votes any way it chooses.
Nope, states can make winners of a lottery electors if the legislatures say so.
And Congress won't be Republican-controlled forever.... and the Left controls the GOP even when the Dems are in the minority anyway.
Yep - totally disenfranchised the residents of Connecticut - wonder if the People there realize this and will push back...
Sure they will. Until the election and Pres Trump wins the popular vote, too.
The entire Connecticut Legislature will be at work that night. And if the President wins the popular vote, they’ll vote quickly to rescind this law and award their votes as they have.
The more I read and think about it, the more inclined I am to agree with what Maine is doing and apportioning their votes. If that were the case, I doubt we’d ever have a Dem President, unless the Left imports so many illegals to stuff the ballot boxes.
You mean, the LAWLESS Democrats?
Of course not. When a Republican wins the popular vote, expect them to illegally nullify their own laws.
I thought that the presidential vote by the people was the only constitutionally mandated one?
The point is that the Democorrupt party will make sure that the national popular vote will always “go” to the Democrat candidate. “By hook or by crook,” as Stretch Pelosi says.
I almost laughed when you typed that. Power has all but been wrested from states by unconstitutional judges. Of course, Dems will claim “states’ rights” all day for their cause and these bought-and-paid-for judges will suddenly agree with them.
Where is Oregon? or Or-aleady-gone. ???
Says you. I linked to other opinions. You’re misreading the constitution.
Nope, Article 2 says the President is chosen by the electors, who are appointed in whatever manner the state legislature decides.
Article 1 mandates that congressional representatives must be elected by the people, so maybe that is what you are thinking of.
“it does not allow them to violate Article IV, Clause I”
That clause is specifically a mandate for the federal government, not the states, so it is impossible for the states to violate it.
I was thinking the same thing. This could back fire on them.
The NPVIC text is by its own declaration an interstate compact, and as such is subject to Article I, Section 10 of the US Constitution, “No State shall, without the Consent of Congress ... enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State...”
You are correct. I knew a popular election process was mentioned, but couldn’t remember to what extent. Thanks.
And interestingly, Nebraska is the only state with a unicameral legislature.
-PJ
Yeah they can but they can’t take the red counties with them. States like NY and Illinois are red States with massive blue cities in them. Let them keep the cities we want the states!
The Constitution allows for it.
In some of the early Presidential elections, some states did not hold any form of popular vote. There is no Constitutional requirement to follow any popular vote when selecting electors.
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