[rktman]

Geez. How come we (like I ever watch them)hear about this on nbcabccbscnnmsnbchnntodayshowgoodmorningamericatheview60minutes etc?

Stay vigilant my friends. Stay very vigilant. If this gets through, the expiration date on this experiment will pop up real quick.

[Iron Munro]

There are few things that democrats enjoy more than finding sleazy ways to bypass provisions of the US Constitution.

[macglencoe]

The demoncrats control the states with the largest populations. Get the picture?

[cripplecreek]

And never assume the democrats have overlooked the possibility of losing under their system. When they passed it in one house of the Michigan legislature some years ago, an opt out was written into the bill just in case.

However its also important to note that plenty of republicans are quietly backing this crap.

[wny]

This will melt like a snowball in the Texas sun. does anyone really believe NY, Illinois or california will award their EVs to a republican that ‘wins’ the popular vote?

[Sooth2222]

Aside from New York, other states that already signed up are the heavily blue states of Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, Vermont, California and Rhode Island. The District of Columbia also has joined the pact.

All indigo-blue states.

The red states/flyover states would have to be nuts to ever sign on to this. (My only explanation as to why they continue to pursue it is that they fear a repeat of 2000 in a close election, and want to be able to use it to delegitimize the electoral winner. This was designed to give small states power. I was seriously concerned that it was going to flip the other way in 2012 -- Obama winning electorally, but not the popular vote -- but that didn't happen. Enough conservative voters just stayed away from that election.)

[Svartalfiar]

Technically, once they get that magic number, they’ll have way more than they need. If they pull something like that, I would hazard a guess that a bunch of normal states would no longer have electoral votes :p

[dead]

This will last until the voters of a state like California or New York are told that they must switch their electoral votes to a Republican candidate because he carried the "flyovers" and won the national popular vote.

Same carries the other way for any conservative state that is stupid enough to sign up initially.

It's stupid people disenfranchising themselves, but they'll have to be hit with the hammer to realize what they signed up for.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Dear Lord:

PLEASE grant me my petition that should this thing ever pass, in our very next Presidential election, let the CONSERVATIVE win the popular vote while the DEMOCRAT eeks out an electoral win.

Watching them squirm and spin and try to weasel out of this will be the very most fun I will likely ever have with my pants on.

Thanks again, and have a nice day!

[mabarker1]

Ballot Box

Jury Box

Cartridge Box

Gallows

[SoCal Pubbie]

I can't believe this would be upheld as constitutional if challenged. The Constitution (a quaint old concept I know) guarantees a republican form of government. Allowing the electoral votes of a given state to be determined by voters in other states violates that guarantee.

[SoFloFreeper]

If Republicans can take over some of these states, we need to REPEAL THESE LAWS.

What states currently have these horrible statutes?

[elpadre]

To bypass the Electoral College is to give urban areas complete control of who wins the presidency. And that then leads to anarchy.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Watch

This is an interesting take on the popular vote.

[onedoug]

more sharia

[Graewoulf]

Why, oh why do We, the People have any compelling reasons to vote for any Doormat Republicans, or Obama Democrats who have promised to advance Obama’s Agenda to “Fundamentally transform the United States of America” by increasing the number of undocumented Democrat voters who are Illegal Alien Invaders from Mexico?

We, the People have seen our Federal Politicians in the Republican and Democrat Party enable Obama, for over five years, to bring great harm to the United States of America.

Those, in “both” political parties, who can’t stand America, stand against We, the People.

We, the People know that it is time, - - - time for a change in 2014.

[Bubba_Leroy]

“No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, ... enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State ....”

Art. 1, Sec. 10, United States Constitution.

Seems pretty clear to me that the Dems are going to have to get this adopted by enough states AND get it approved both houses of Congress before it can be binding.

[hosepipe]

Do you want to KNOW what “IT”...... “IS”?...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE7PKRjrid4