Posted on 04/15/2014 11:40:27 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
A plan, now stealthily making its way through state legislatures with astonishing speed, would junk the Electoral College and award the presidency to the winner of the popular vote.
The plan involves an Interstate Compact where states would commit to select electors pledged to vote for the national popular vote winner regardless of how their own state voted. When enough states pass this law, sufficient to cast 270 votes which is the majority of the Electoral College, it will take effect.
So far, nine states and the District of Columbia, casting 136 electoral votes, have joined. This is halfway to the 270 needed to put the compact into effect. The ratifying states are: Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, Hawaii, Washington, Massachusetts, the District of Columbia, Vermont, California, and Rhode Island.
Both houses in New York have passed it and it's on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s desk.
It has already passed in the House in Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Oregon. These states, plus New York, represent 107 votes. Combined with the others they are up to 242 votes. They need 270.
Who is pushing this?
All of those ratifying voted for Obama.
The movement is funded, in part, by the Center for Voting and Democracy, a George Soros-funded election group.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
[ they are rigging so that the urban centers will control the election - the free loaders. ]
Once that is done the unruly mobs of urbanites will be siced on the rural folks when crap gets worse...
The rigging will take place on the interstates where trucks will cease to run.
The problem is that legal voters in New York could determine the electoral votes for New Jersey.
I think if you eliminated every fraudulent vote (on either side), and outright ballot box stuffing, Morris was right. Just saying. Sadly, I don't think your ever going to have a fair election in this country (as it is currently constituted) again.
‘you’re’ :-)
The Democrats will regret this move when Texas and Florida become Blue States sometime in the next 20 years.
Problem? Yes. Unconstitutional? No. There is nothing in the Constitution which would prevent the New Jersey legislature from passing a law saying "our electors will vote the same way as New York's" and just skipping the election altogether.
CC
I understand your point except it could be said now that a Dem voter in a red state( like Texas) is disenfranchised
or a Pub in Calif
This if allowed to take hold would be the final nail
It is always for the same reasons, the rats own the big cities, and the right owns elsewhere.
You are right that the state legislatures can use any method they deem fit to select their electors.
But this is an interstate compact, which require the approval of Congress in order to implement.
And there are ways to play havoc with this. What is the “national popular vote”? There is no such thing.
Each state has a certified total. Were I up to havoc, I would stipulate that the winner of my state’s election would have 1 billion votes added to my official state tally.
Let them throw that into the mixture. Are they not going to use the numbers that my state declares as official? If not that, what? Numbers collected by the AP?
“its unconstitutional.”
“What difference at this point does it make?”
Naturally it’s the completely wacko leftist states.
Maryland did it first.
Better yet, it doesn’t go into effect until enough states pass it to make a difference.
Otherwise Dems in Maryland could only loose from it, unlikely as that is.
Dick Morris LOLO, wa-da joke.
Had Enough Yet ?
CC
Toe sucker trying to make money off a story that’s been bouncing around in the news for at least four years now.
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So far, nine states and the District of Columbia — casting 136 electoral votes — have joined moving half way to the 270 needed to put the compact into effect. The ratifying states are: Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, Hawaii, Washington, Massachusetts, DC, Vermont, California, and Rhode Island.
Both houses in New York have passed it and its on Governor Cuomo’s desk.”””
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