[dirtboy]

Typical MSM lame writeup, which fails to mention that Congress would have final approval of such an interstate compact.

[dasboot]

If ever....how they shall rue the day with gnashing of teeth.

[DoughtyOne]

Democrats have absolute control in six states.

This won’t be a large movement.

Remember when there was talk of them hijacking the Electoral College vote? Pfft!

Republicans are in absolute control of 25 states.

More tantrums from the kings of tantrum.

[RichardMoore]

It’s hard to maintain a Republic. 200+ years and it takes real commitment, which I fear may be sorely lacking these days

[little jeremiah]

Candor7, do you know more about the actual popular vote totals? I’ve searched and can’t find anything that is current or seems half way accurate. Aside from that, has any authoritative source even mentioned or tried to figure out how many CA votes were by non-citizens?

[w1andsodidwe]

How novel, a scheme to disenfranchise the voters in your state. Bet that goes over well with the citizens of the states.

[SoFloFreeper]

In states including Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Mexico, legislators have said they plan to introduce legislation that would require their state's Electoral College voters cast ballots for the presidential candidate who earns the most votes nationwide, regardless of the statewide results.

In other words, these legislators wish to make THEIR OWN CONSTITUENTS votes subject to the will of the people of California.

[RichardMoore]

of course we should remember that all the votes have not been counted. The don’t count the absentee votes unless they have to

[2ndDivisionVet]

Watch that backfire on them. Then what?

[Concentrate]

Could backfire, actually.

[Paladin2]

A Majority of Voters REJECTED H->! for POTUS.

[FreedomStar3028]

Oh great, so California would get to decide every president for ever.

[heterosupremacist]

Connecticut State Sen. Mae Flexer and all the rest on that anti-EC bandwagon, show their stupidity and ignorance whenever they suggest an unconstitutional maneuver to help get Democrat Candidates elected; by trying (in vain) to discredit the notion of the Electoral College.

Trump/Pence MAGA!

Merry Christmas to my FReepers...

[Mark]

require their state's Electoral College voters cast ballots for the presidential candidate who earns the most votes nationwide, regardless of the statewide results.

I believe there will be a clause in there that says "UNLESS a Republican earns the most votes nationwide"

[The Sons of Liberty]

The Electoral College is a relic of a bygone era, and we need to change this system," said Connecticut state Sen. Mae Flexer,

Someone should read to Mae the portion of The Constitution that outlines the Amendment process. These home grown half-a$$ed maneuvers to get around the Constitutional requirements are going to end up in a Constitutional crisis.

[ronnie raygun]

Once again working around things that didn’t benefit them, if zippy the a##clown or canckles did it it would be fine

[Concentrate]

"Every vote in this country should have equal weight. The Electoral College is a relic of a bygone era, and we need to change this system," said Connecticut state Sen. Mae Flexer, who filed a bill with several fellow Democrats requiring Connecticut to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

Well then, that shall give the states which don't agree the right to succeed, necessarily. That's the whole idea of the electoral college in the first place.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

First, we have to cleanse all of the illegal votes out of th Democrat Party!!!

[ssaftler]

Typical MSM lame writeup, which fails to mention that Congress would have final approval of such an interstate compact.

Even more stupid for the butthurt Democrat snowflakes to make it an interstate deal. There is nothing in the Constitution that details how the individual states have to determine their votes. If each state, INDIVIDUALLY, decided to use the "total nation vote winner gets our electoral votes", I can't see how anyone could stop them.

As soon as they develop and sign a pact among states, however, it would probably be shot down in the courts as patently unconstitutional. At worst, the interstate part of it would move it into the realm of the Federal government, whatever that would do to things.

[rockvillem]

All this after-the-fact hand wringing about the “national popular vote” is more leftist BS to attempt to de-legitimize Trump’s victory. I’m so sick of these people.

And isn’t there an equal protection issue wrapped up in this? I vote for Trump, e.g., in a state that goes for Trump - but instead my vote is effectively voided if Clinton wins the “national popular vote” and my state is part of the compact. Seems profoundly unconstitutional.

[Nifster]

Some forms of stupid can’t be fixed