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The Danger of the Attacks on the Electoral College
« on: June 06, 2019, 01:43:58 pm »

The Danger of the Attacks on the Electoral College
June 2019 • Volume 48, Number 6 • Trent England   

Trent England
Director, Save Our States




The following is adapted from a speech delivered on April 30, 2019, at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C.

Once upon a time, the Electoral College was not controversial. During the debates over ratifying the Constitution, Anti-Federalist opponents of ratification barely mentioned it. But by the mid-twentieth century, opponents of the Electoral College nearly convinced Congress to propose an amendment to scrap it. And today, more than a dozen states have joined in an attempt to hijack the Electoral College as a way to force a national popular vote for president.

What changed along the way? And does it matter? After all, the critics of the Electoral College simply want to elect the president the way we elect most other officials. Every state governor is chosen by a statewide popular vote. Why not a national popular vote for president?

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Re: The Danger of the Attacks on the Electoral College
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2019, 02:48:19 pm »
This bowel movement goes away the second Donald Trump wins the popular vote.  Backers of this "compact" will have to explain to their voters why Trump should have gotten their Electoral College votes, even if the state went solid Rat.
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Re: The Danger of the Attacks on the Electoral College
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2019, 07:02:05 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on June 06, 2019, 02:48:19 pm
This bowel movement goes away the second Donald Trump wins the popular vote.  Backers of this "compact" will have to explain to their voters why Trump should have gotten their Electoral College votes, even if the state went solid Rat.
That would be beautiful, watching California, New York and Massachusetts delegates cast their votes for Trump.

It would make his landslide appear so much more, and truly disheartening to the Dems.
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Re: The Danger of the Attacks on the Electoral College
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2019, 01:49:40 am »
If there is any issue that has the power to literally "split the country apart" (as it split once before)... NPV is it.

I've said it before, I'll repeat.
Eventually, NPV will end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The decision the Justices hand down will be the "Dredd Scott" of the twenty-first century...
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