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Whoah there Nellie!.... they cannot do that!

3 posted on 08/09/2011 4:05:21 PM PDT by Safrguns

Thanks CA! We will be taking those electoral votes off your hands soon ...lol

14 posted on 08/09/2011 4:12:37 PM PDT by RED SOUTH (If you liked George W. Bush, you will LOVE Rick Perry! Follow me on twitter @redsouth72)

Whoah there Nellie!.... they cannot do that!

7 states [including mine - MD] have done this. They are banking on the states' plenary right to select the method of choosing their electors as per the Constitution.

BUT, SCOTUS has ruled that [once a stae has granted it's citizens the right to vote for it's electors], 14th Amendment Equal Protection applies. That is, the state CANNOT value the vote of one voter over another.

What the NPV essentially does is this - the state grants the right of it's citizens to vote for it's electors and the winner of the majority vote will be awarded the electors. EXCEPT that [if the NPV in the OTHER 49 states plus the MINORITY within this state goes the other way] the state will strip the winner of the majority vote within the state of the electors and award them to the winner of the NPV.

Certainly SOUNDS like the state is valuing one voter's vote over another ...

18 posted on 08/09/2011 4:15:51 PM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)

Whoah there Nellie!.... they cannot do that!

Jerry Brown fiddles while the California economy burns.

24 posted on 08/09/2011 4:22:34 PM PDT by Calusa (The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles. Quoth Bob Dylan.)

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