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Connecticut To Give Its Electoral College Votes To National Popular Vote Victor
MSN ^ | 5-7-2018 | Dominique Mosbergen

Posted on 05/07/2018 2:19:36 PM PDT by tcrlaf

Connecticut’s legislature has passed a bill that would give the state’s Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote nationally.

The state Senate voted 21-14 on Saturday to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which includes 10 states and the District of Columbia. The state House passed the measure last week, 77 to 73.

The compact requires its members to cast their Electoral College ballots for the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote. The agreement goes into effect once states representing at least 270 electoral votes — the number needed for a candidate to win the presidency — signs the compact.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) has promised to sign the legislation committing his state to the interstate agreement. Once he does so, the compact will have 172 electoral votes. California, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and the District of Columbia have already signed the accord.

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Connecticut Dems just took away the voting power of CT residents, and gave it to Illegal non-Citizens in California. What the hell is wrong with these people???
1 posted on 05/07/2018 2:19:36 PM PDT by tcrlaf
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To: tcrlaf

NPV is a pernicious virus. Trump is the antidote.


2 posted on 05/07/2018 2:21:32 PM PDT by rfp1234 (I have already previewed this composition.)
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To: tcrlaf

IS it just me? Or can I see this plan backfiring spectactularly on the Democrats??


3 posted on 05/07/2018 2:21:43 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: tcrlaf

Can the Constitution be changed in this fashion? The Electoral College is part of the Constitution - doesn’t it need an amendment to be changed?


4 posted on 05/07/2018 2:21:49 PM PDT by siamesecats (God closes one door, and opens another, to protect us.)
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To: tcrlaf

Is this legal? Not that it necessarily matters :(


5 posted on 05/07/2018 2:21:53 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (#KATE'SWALL Build it Now)
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To: tcrlaf

Why vote?


6 posted on 05/07/2018 2:23:07 PM PDT by o-n-money (We should rename California to Newer Mexico.)
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Good. That’s the only way Pres. Trump will get their electoral college votes in 2020.


7 posted on 05/07/2018 2:23:33 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: tcrlaf

This law is Unconstitutional and will be nullified.


8 posted on 05/07/2018 2:23:35 PM PDT by DarthVader ("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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To: tcrlaf

Yeah, if the winner of the popular vote is a democrat, if not then they’ll stick to Electoral College tradition.


9 posted on 05/07/2018 2:24:28 PM PDT by cotton1706
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“Good. That’s the only way Pres. Trump will get their electoral college votes in 2020.”

When Dems realize that they will go to a Republican, they will be demanding a Civil War to get the Electoral Votes back.


10 posted on 05/07/2018 2:25:02 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: rfp1234

Anyone else notice, every single state and DC signed on so far, are all liberal places????


11 posted on 05/07/2018 2:25:12 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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>>Or can I see this plan backfiring spectactularly on the Democrats??

No. It doesn’t take effect until enough states to give 270 votes signs on, and the Democrats can find trunks full of ballots in every blue state. If they can get the 270, it is a game-changer, negating the EC and allowing the fraudulent over-vote in blue states to overwhelm the legality of red state voters.


12 posted on 05/07/2018 2:26:12 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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"Connecticut’s legislature has passed a bill that would give the state’s Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote nationally."

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Damn. My high school baseball coach (years ago) suggested the team with the most hits should be the winner of the game.

Our players pissed in his locker and crapped in the back seat of his car.

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Great Idea.

13 posted on 05/07/2018 2:27:17 PM PDT by a little elbow grease (Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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Who cares, we never win Connecticut
14 posted on 05/07/2018 2:27:31 PM PDT by KavMan
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To: tcrlaf

There is no upside for these states if they keep voting the way they do.


15 posted on 05/07/2018 2:28:10 PM PDT by o-n-money (We should rename California to Newer Mexico.)
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stealing the electoral votes away from the state’s own citizens!? WOW!
would would have imagined that ANY of USA’s 57 states would try to do that!?????????

regardless of politics, there’s obviously zero reason for any citizens of Connecticut to bother voting anymore...since their own state’s electors will be determined by people who, mostly, have never even been to Connecticut and probably never will even visit the place.

Why not just let SorozNazi assign the electors he wants for Connecticut and be done with it? I mean, since now Connecticut voters will have essentially NO SAY WHATSOEVER in Presidential elections anymore... they’re Disenfranchised just like black people were (by the same D party) in the Southern States prior to the war of the 1860’s


16 posted on 05/07/2018 2:28:58 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: Bryanw92

To get the 270 they’d have to get some red states to flip. Don’t see that happening.


17 posted on 05/07/2018 2:29:39 PM PDT by sam_whiskey (Peace through Strength.)
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California, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and the District of Columbia have already signed the accord


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA We never win these States, go pound sand!

18 posted on 05/07/2018 2:29:56 PM PDT by KavMan
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To: tcrlaf

If the Dems can’t win it they’ll try to Rig it


19 posted on 05/07/2018 2:29:58 PM PDT by butlerweave
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That's my worry.

Just another form of incrementalism/power creep that will somehow magically become legal, despite that it's blatantly illegal. Tampering with the EC is NOT a 10th amendment right.

20 posted on 05/07/2018 2:30:08 PM PDT by thescourged1
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