Whatever happened to Ohio? It used to be a very Repub state.
It may not work out as well as the RATs think. In states like NY and CA Republicans are discouraged and do not really turn out. They might suddenly decide that it is worthwhile voting after all...
It’s unconstitutional.
So the morons in Ohio want California and NY to decide for them? OMG
How can this evn pass muster as it completely denies thier individual’s vote any validity in regards to who will lead the country?
Can Ohio or any other state do this legally>
I don’t think this passes the vote.
sO, LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. A guy like Beto O’Rourke, could win NY, CA, IL and a few other states...and win the popular vote...get 2% of the vote in Ohio, and he gets Ohio’s electoral votes.
Yeah, real smart...Then why campaign in Ohio?
This is nothing more than an end run around the Electoral College.
Article 1 Section 10 specifically states that no state shall enter into a compact without the consent of Congress. This is blatantly unconstitutional.
The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your state’s entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators. Read more about the allocation of electoral votes.
Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College. For this reason, in the following discussion, the word “state” also refers to the District of Columbia.
Each candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate’s political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. Read more about the qualifications of the Electors and restrictions on who the Electors may vote for.
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Most states have a “winner-take-all” system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. However, Maine and Nebraska each have a variation of “proportional representation.” Read more about the allocation of Electors among the states and try to predict the outcome of the Electoral College vote."
https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/about.html
Considering the date of the story, I have to wonder about it’s validity.
currently not every vote in November is counted in a NJ in a state , city , county race — provisional and absentee votes — unless it will matter in deciding the election.
JFK defeat Nixon by 112, 827 0.17% margin.
Without the EV every ward & district in the country would need a recount?! Dem would steal election ie like Senator Franken in MN
What is the “national popular vote”?
National Popular Vote:
Back to basics. The National government (The President and Congress) are prevented from having a governing role in how the next President is selected. THIS IS ON PURPOSE, so the States can replace a failing or corrupt Administration without interference from those who do not wish to be dismissed.
So, a couple of questions:
Who counts this “national popular vote”?
Who certifies the result?
Who hears appeals and contests?
Are appeals and contests even to be allowed?
Can States limit ballot access (Could California and NY keep Trump off their ballots)? If not, why not?
How would a case like Florida 2000 be handled under an NPV system?
You can bet they’ll try.
If you think Floriduh in 2000 was a mess, just wait till this **** happens on a national scale. Recount after recount, lawsuit after lawsuit.
Knowing the night of the election who won the election, or even the next day, will be a quaint memory of days past.
It will be absolute chaos that could go on for months.
He wasn't trying to win the popular vote.
Hillary won a game nobody was playing.
Hillary won New York and California by over 5.5 million votes. That is more than the entire voter turn out of Ohio. So in theory, 100% of Ohio voters could vote for one president, and all of their votes could go to the other candidate. Why would Ohioans ever accept this?
IIRC, Trump did not spend money in California or NY and got about a third of the vote anyway from the national coverage of the campaign and his tweets.
If Trump puts CA and NY on his rally scheduling list, he can pick up 3-5 mm more votes and win the popular vote.
If that happens, these state changes will be reversed back to the original ways by 2024.