A very timely "Report," Thom....Thanks ! However, first let's correct that current "175" number to 195 as the number of state-pledged EC Delegates promised based on the total majority Presidential vote nationwide...ok? I also found that 8 more states with a total of 88 delegates have passed a measure in one of their state Houses to joi…
A very timely "Report," Thom....Thanks ! However, first let's correct that current "175" number to 195 as the number of state-pledged EC Delegates promised based on the total majority Presidential vote nationwide...ok? I also found that 8 more states with a total of 88 delegates have passed a measure in one of their state Houses to join this effort....which would put the total over the top to negate the current Electoral College system. I see, unfortunately, a complication down the road...not very far...that may disrupt things....and that is the current GOP effort in several states to disrupt their states' election process by usurping their voters' majority choice for President and declaring their own (losing ) candidate instead. Wouldn't this be the exact same thing that some of the these states would be doing by joining this effort to bypass the Electoral College? They would be sending EC Delegates to Washington, D.C. for a candidate who did not win their own state's majority vote....yes? And this would be identical to what the GOP is currently preparing to do in 2024--but ignoring the total popular vote for President ! So...we have a problem, Houston. It seems to me that the language in the state legislatures needs to address this conundrum. They will need to stipulate that the change of state Electors from their state's own majority popular vote for President to the candidate who won the nationwide popular vote would occur only in this condition and in no other. This would preclude a few "swing states" from seizing control of the Electoral College for their losing, minority candidate without regard to the nationwide majority popular vote. The current Electoral College system proved dysfunctional in 2016 with Trump losing to Clinton by some 3 million votes. (The 2000 election was just plain stolen by SCOTUS and handed to "W" !). It's past time to clean up this mess ! We need to support & put pressure on those 8 states to join this effort at the foundation of our democracy.
A very timely "Report," Thom....Thanks ! However, first let's correct that current "175" number to 195 as the number of state-pledged EC Delegates promised based on the total majority Presidential vote nationwide...ok? I also found that 8 more states with a total of 88 delegates have passed a measure in one of their state Houses to join this effort....which would put the total over the top to negate the current Electoral College system. I see, unfortunately, a complication down the road...not very far...that may disrupt things....and that is the current GOP effort in several states to disrupt their states' election process by usurping their voters' majority choice for President and declaring their own (losing ) candidate instead. Wouldn't this be the exact same thing that some of the these states would be doing by joining this effort to bypass the Electoral College? They would be sending EC Delegates to Washington, D.C. for a candidate who did not win their own state's majority vote....yes? And this would be identical to what the GOP is currently preparing to do in 2024--but ignoring the total popular vote for President ! So...we have a problem, Houston. It seems to me that the language in the state legislatures needs to address this conundrum. They will need to stipulate that the change of state Electors from their state's own majority popular vote for President to the candidate who won the nationwide popular vote would occur only in this condition and in no other. This would preclude a few "swing states" from seizing control of the Electoral College for their losing, minority candidate without regard to the nationwide majority popular vote. The current Electoral College system proved dysfunctional in 2016 with Trump losing to Clinton by some 3 million votes. (The 2000 election was just plain stolen by SCOTUS and handed to "W" !). It's past time to clean up this mess ! We need to support & put pressure on those 8 states to join this effort at the foundation of our democracy.
Supreme Court Rules Electoral College Must Support Popular Vote: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/politics/supreme-court-rules-electoral-college-must-support-popular-vote-164233
...So much for that.