Posted on 10/26/2012 1:38:36 PM PDT by Nachum
The head of the House Democratic campaign arm this week proposed a constitutional amendment that would give the winner of the popular vote in the presidential race an additional 29 electoral votes. Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) did not offer an explanation in the joint resolution filed in the House for why he was proposing to change the way elections in the U.S. are decided. Under the Constitution, the candidate who wins at least 270 electoral votes wins the presidency, regardless of the popular vote. The prospect of a split between the popular vote and the Electoral College usually provokes cries
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Well, this is a new one.
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And just before the election....
How about let’s not.
NO.
How’d they come up with 29? If you don’t like the Electoral College just eliminate it and go with the popular vote (I wouldn’t do that myself). What kind of bizarre bs is this?
Why did this fool even bother?
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Stupid proposal and not a well written article. The Constitution does not say.... the candidate who wins at least 270 electoral votes wins the presidency, regardless of the popular vote...
1) A constitutional amendment? That takes a lot. Wasn’t the last one the ERA?
2) If Romney wins the popular vote, you can expect them to withdraw this.
Would not be for this election
It is really stupid
No justification for it
Only happened twice in our history
The guy is moron
Why 29, why not 523
If it were me, I would have states award the EV proportionally
Same number of electoral votes as Florida. Coincidence?
I love the smell of desperation in the morning!
My counter-offer:
MAKE VOTE FRAUD A CAPITAL OFFENSE!!!;)
Probably because their projections indicate a 296-242 Romney win and they want to hedge their bets.
NO!!!
Nope.
Why 29? Why not 100? Would they come from the other seven states?
No. They are looking for a way to cheat, or they have one planned already. Run, don’t walk, away from this temptation.
This is just an invitation to "find" boxes of votes after election day from places well known for it like Chicago, Seattle and the Minnesota prison system.
Are they going to amend the Constitution to do this?
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