To: IrishBrigade
Not true. Conservative oppose the compact because it undermines the intent of the Constitution. 99% of voters in, say Ohio could vote for one candidate, yet the (clearly) overwhelming will of the voter would be thwarted should Ohio's votes go to the opposing candidate if the state joined the compact.
The Electoral College was designed to force presidential candidates win a coalition of states to win the presidency. This 'scheme' as well as the efforts to go to a national popular vote, will effectively eliminate campaigning in the Dakota's, Wyoming, Alaska and others. These states would effectively become vassal states to the population centers in California and the East Coast.
15 posted on
04/11/2019 3:41:55 PM PDT by
fhayek
To: All
Could be a hidden agenda here.
When 2016 Hillary saw she'd lose the electoral vote, they went into action:
they twisted the arms of electors to get them to change their vote to Hillary.
Some were threatened with violence along with their families.
We're talking Federal crimes. Not one single indictment or arrest......yet.
A change might negate these crimes.
17 posted on
04/11/2019 3:56:28 PM PDT by
Liz
( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
To: fhayek
99% of voters in, say Ohio could vote for one candidate, yet the (clearly) overwhelming will of the voter would be thwarted should Ohio's votes go to the opposing candidate if the state joined the compact.And this points out the 14th amendment problem - equal protection. It nullifies the vote of the voters of Ohio and turns their decision over to the voters in other states.
I quote the 14th ammendment:
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any Statenor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Oregon does not have jurisdication over the voters of Ohio and vice versa and does not owe the citizens of Ohio any say.
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