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.

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 4/17/24 at 8:14 am to Blizzard of Chizz

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Our presidential election process was purposely designed not to elect any candidate by a national popular vote.

It was also designed to let states decide how the elections are run and how to mandate action by the electors.

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it’s unconstitutional

Possibly

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because it disenfranchises the voters of the state and robs them of their voice in the presidential election

I doubt for this reason, though.

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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.

You do realize there is not uniformity in how states apportion electors, right?

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Posted by Indefatigable

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Posted on 4/17/24 at 8:16 am to Blizzard of Chizz

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it’s unconstitutional because it disenfranchises the voters of the state and robs them of their voice in the presidential election.

The public doesn't even have a constitutional right to vote in POTUS elections. A state legislature could decide that it wants to apportion the votes on its own.

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