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re: Maine joins unConstitutional National Popular Vote states
Posted on 4/17/24 at 7:41 am to TrueTiger
Posted on 4/17/24 at 7:41 am to TrueTiger
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Winner take all laws are also a corruption of the Electoral College.
It certainly violates the original intent, but I don't know if it violates the Constitution because states have a lot of leeway in how they appoint their electors.
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Posted on 4/17/24 at 8:00 am to SlowFlowPro
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SlowFlowPro
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I don't know
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Posted on 4/17/24 at 8:03 am to SlowFlowPro
Nice, so as long as the ultra blue states like California and New York and Illinois pack their ballot boxes to get those numbers up, the other states can ride those national numbers and effectively get around the electoral college!
Posted on 4/17/24 at 8:11 am to SlowFlowPro
Our presidential election process was purposely designed not to elect any candidate by a national popular vote. Instead, it is a system wherein the popular vote of each state stands alone and is INDEPENDENT of the other states. Win the popular votes of enough states and you win the presidency.. it’s unconstitutional because it disenfranchises the voters of the state and robs them of their voice in the presidential election. You can’t have states doing an end run around the constitution and creating an electoral process that is at odds with the process being followed by other states.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 8:22 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:Argue, if you are so inclined to choose a side here, how your client, me, has been violated because my state chooses to apportion its electors on the votes of other states, and not my own?
It certainly violates the original intent, but I don't know if it violates the Constitution because states have a lot of leeway in how they appoint their electors.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 11:44 am to SlowFlowPro
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I don't know if it violates the Constitution because states have a lot of leeway in how they appoint their electors.
Not enough leeway to send their electors based on how other states voted. Thats the whole purpose of the EC. Send electors based on how the citizens of a SINGLE state voted, based on the number of reps and sens that SINGLE state has
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:14 am to SlowFlowPro
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It certainly violates the original intent, but I don't know if it violates the Constitution because states have a lot of leeway in how they appoint their electors.
So, a state could also decide to appoint their electors to how a different state, say Florida or Texas, decides to appoint its electors.
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