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Ohio’s electoral votes for president would go to national popular vote winner
cleveland.com ^ | April fools day | jeremy pelzer

Posted on 04/01/2019 9:50:19 PM PDT by entropy12

COLUMBUS, Ohio—A proposed Ohio constitutional amendment to award the state’s presidential electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote has cleared an initial hurdle toward making the statewide ballot this November.

A summary of the proposed amendment was certified by Attorney General Dave Yost on Monday as a “fair and truthful statement of the proposed law,” though Yost didn’t weigh in on whether he supported or opposed the measure.

(Excerpt) Read more at cleveland.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Maryland; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 0readpost63; 1moretime; clinton; college; constitution; daveyost; electoral; electoralcollege; electoralvotes; hillary; makingeveryvotecount; mikedewine; oh2020; ohio; readpost63; reedhundt; rxsid
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

People don’t have to vote for it. Their representatives do it for them.


101 posted on 04/02/2019 5:36:33 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: ADemocratNoMore; Akron Al; arbee4bush; agrace; ATOMIC_PUNK; Badeye; big bad easter bunny; ...

OHIO PING!

Please let me know if you want on or off the Ohio Ping list.

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102 posted on 04/02/2019 5:48:36 AM PDT by Lowell1775
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To: entropy12
The patriots in the flyover counties of Ohio can see the potential catastrophe this would bring. The dems will bang on our doors with this monster until enough imported “voters” pass the bill. It’s as dangerous as a Constitutional Convention, where good intentions (term limits, etc) can inadvertently result in the Bill of Rights being legally abrogated. We’d become New Zealand with a better organized, lethal Antifa (among others) searching for firearms. As our wonderful POTUS brings the pain to the Deep State, I’m hoping and expecting this scenario will die as politicians resign, are exposed or slowly assume room temperature.
103 posted on 04/02/2019 5:51:51 AM PDT by ManOfLaMuncha
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To: b4me
bunch of lemmings, just following along off the cliff,.

Hey, that’s ‘what democracy looks like.’

104 posted on 04/02/2019 6:13:51 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: o-n-money

Why be a citizen for that matter


105 posted on 04/02/2019 6:18:08 AM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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To: Grimmy

We are witnessing a hostile takeover of the country.


106 posted on 04/02/2019 6:20:58 AM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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To: cherry

there are real constitutional questions.

1. Since the electoral college is not abolished, the citizens of the state are still voting for electors. If the winning side has its elected electors denied and the losing electors sent to Washington, then those voters’ votes have been overturned. That hardly seems to be what the Founders intended: winners are losers and losers are winners.

2. The 14th amendment clarifies that electors cannot be arbitrarily assigned, but are intended to be assigned based on a RIGHT to vote of citizens:

***A14, S2 - But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States,***

3. That means that A2, S2 means “after a vote of citizens has taken place in that state”.

***A2, S2: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct***

Therefore, it cannot be an arbitrary decision and it must involve the state “thereof” that is in question.

4. The assignment of electors, therefore, must be based on the vote of citizens of THAT state “thereof”, and not on the votes of citizens of other states. This is their RIGHT.

5. A14, S2 says any effort by a legislature to subvert the right to vote results in their losing about half of their electoral votes in that election.

6. Finally, What about recounts? What about majority versus plurality? Imagine a Ross Perot and no candidate achieves a majority. So, if a national candidate is not really preferred by a majority of Americans, why should my right to vote be refused and my electors be denied to my candidate in a 3, 4, or 5 way contest?

The constitution doesn’t begin to address a national recount, so that must not have been the intent.


107 posted on 04/02/2019 6:22:24 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: entropy12

If Trump wins the popular vote in 2020, just watch how quickly these states revert back to how the Electoral College is the way to go after all.


108 posted on 04/02/2019 6:23:52 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder
It’s completely inconceivable to me how or why the people of a state would vote for this. I have zero understanding of how this has any appeal at all.

yep, unbelievably ignorant.

109 posted on 04/02/2019 6:29:28 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: lastchance
Have they even glanced at that thingy written some 200 plus years ago regarding how the president is elected? Cause I do believe there are some words which would put a spanner in their scheme.

But the spanner wouldn't come into play til after the election...The act has to occur before the Court can get involved...And with John Roberts on the Court, who knows what would happen??? What a mess...

110 posted on 04/02/2019 6:37:53 AM PDT by Iscool
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To: Iscool

“Mess” sure does sum it up.


111 posted on 04/02/2019 6:48:02 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: entropy12

They got states to ratify popular vote for US Senators... start of the slippery slope


112 posted on 04/02/2019 6:48:25 AM PDT by nevermorelenore ( If My people will pray ....)
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To: conservative98
How is this even legal?

The Constitution gives state legislatures wide latitude to decide how a state's EVs are awarded. This could very well survive a court challenge.


113 posted on 04/02/2019 6:49:50 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: entropy12

so. The democrat popular vote winner must never make it to inauguration


114 posted on 04/02/2019 6:51:17 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Honduras must be invaded to protect America from invasion)
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To: Tammy8

Each state’s legislature does determine the manner of picking that state’s electors. However, this compact could still be ruled unconstitutional, because (1) the Congress must approve of it, per the Constitution, and that has not happened yet; and (2) less than half the states could effectively overthrow the traditional method of selecting the President, as opposed to the 3/4 needed to ratify a genuine Constitutional amendment that does the same.


115 posted on 04/02/2019 6:53:05 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Modern feminism: ALL MEN BAD!!!)
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To: entropy12

Even if the state voters went for the other candidate the state will vote for the one with the popular vote? How is this not against the wishes of the voters?


116 posted on 04/02/2019 6:54:15 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: entropy12
Did. republican State reps and Governor vote Yes-on this to get it this far ?

Why ?

117 posted on 04/02/2019 7:08:09 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists out)
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To: SoCal Pubbie

Nope. Not even close.


118 posted on 04/02/2019 7:10:06 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: lastchance

Post the words then.


119 posted on 04/02/2019 7:12:15 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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So why go vote at all? Regardless who you vote for the collective hive of the nation is the decision. You are not counted.


120 posted on 04/02/2019 7:15:38 AM PDT by USCG SimTech
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