But with this plan all candidates need to do is focus on population centers.
So I guess CT and any other states that follow suit shouldn’t be able to send Reps to DC...correct? Because their voter’s votes don’t count...
civil War on horizon
In that case it seems there’re is no point in campaigning in Connecticut.
How short-sighted.
They just abrogated almost any influence they would have in future campaigning and elections.
Most elections since 2000 have been dependent on the Electoral Votes from the small states. They are the ones that swayed several close elections.
Dear Connecticut voter: Your state is telling you that you don’t need to bother to vote! How screwed up is that?
The Connecticut legislature: a cabal of fools.
Is this constitutional?
No big deal anyway. Connecticuit is never going to vote for a Republican anyway. No Republican is ever going to win the national popular vote again either. So in essence, nothing will change.
Wait till the first time a Dem loses popular vote and wins the electoral college!
Call it what you will, the golden rule, karma, whatever but the meltdown in Connecticut is going to be epic and very entertaining when Trump wins the national popular vote in 2020.
Evidenced by this bill, many (most?) low-information states are now processing electoral votes in ways that violate the 12th Amendment, also unconstitutional agreements between states, winner-take-all rules unconstitutional imo.
Article I, Section 10, Clause 3: "No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State [emphases added], or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay."
Excerpted from the 12th Amendment: "The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice- President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate; …"
Noting that unconstitutional manipulation of the electoral college is being driven by at the anti-constitutional republic Progressive Movement following unconstitutional federal tax dollars imo, consider the following.
If patriots work with their state lawmakers to support Pres. Trump in leading the states put a stop to unconstitutional federal taxes by repealing the 16th and ill-conceived 17th Amendments, then citizens would lose interest in the Oval Office imo.
"Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States."Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
”... the care of the property, the liberty, and the life of the citizen, under the solemn sanction of an oath imposed by your Federal Constitution, is in the States, and not in the Federal Government [emphases added].” —Rep. John Bingham, Congressional Globe, 1866. (See about middle of 3rd column.)
"The smart crooks long ago figured out that getting themselves elected to federal office to make unconstitutional tax laws to fill their pockets is a much easier way to make a living than robbing banks." —me
"Federal career lawmakers probably laugh all the way to the bank to deposit bribes for putting loopholes for the rich and corporations in tax appropriations laws, Congress actually not having the express constitutional authority to make most appropriations laws where domestic policy is concerned. Such laws are based on stolen state powers and uniquely associated stolen state revenues." —me
This discussion has highlighted this issue and points out that many on this forum are not informed on the scheme and the Constitutional issue. Given that Freepers tend to be much better informed than the average voter, there is work to be done.
Most states allocate all of their electoral votes to the winner of the state level contest any many have laws to bind the electors to that outcome. The Constitution did not anticipate this practice and, of course, did not anticipate the formation of political parties. They believed that states would select among their own citizens, people who were well educated, well informed, and who would vote in the best interests of the state. This was the criteria that had been used to select delegates to the initial Congress and to the State Constitutional Conventions. Given the lack of email and Twitter, it was the only practical way to get it done.
The states, individually and independently decided that their best interests could be advanced by pooling their electoral college members and voting as a block. They adopted a method to put a system that would achieve that result. It has served us well, but two states have modified their system to give one electoral vote for the winner of the congressional districts, with two votes for the winner of the overall state vote. This system has not been challenged.
The popular vote compact has been around for a long time with the following states already committed to the scheme:
CA, DC, HI, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, RI, VT, WA. The trigger for executing the compact occurs when the members of the compact collectively control 270 electoral votes. So, right now it’s an academic exercise, with about 100 electoral votes to go before the compact gels. Note that all of the states joining are reliably Democrat for the Election of President. If they were achieve the 270 EV threshold, the activation of the compact would favor the Blue states and favor the urban centers nationwide. Its a scheme to put urban areas in a position of perpetual power which is why we see all Democrat states on the list. But, they are running out of Democrat states, so the chances of this ever coming to pass is pretty low.
However, if this is every invoked, at least two Constitutional challenges will be made. First, the voters of these states can sue that their rights have been violated on the basis of the 14th Amendment. Their voting franchise will have be hijacked by the compact. Second, the restrictions against confederations among the states will be argued asserting that the compact represents an unconstitutional confederation. One or both will likely prevail.
The Democrats will continue to work tirelessly to stymie the power of the voter to reject their policies and their power to include their current plan to overthrow the duly elected government of the United States. Vigilance is required.
CT gives away the power if its citizens to those living in larger states.