More States Consider Working Around the Electoral College

[mystery-ak]

More States Consider Working Around the Electoral College

    By susan haigh, associated press

HARTFORD, Conn. — Dec 23, 2016, 1:37 PM ET

 Frustrated after seeing another candidate secure the presidency without winning the national popular vote, mostly Democratic lawmakers in several capitols want their states to join a 10-year-old movement to work around the Electoral College.

In states including Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Mexico, legislators have said they plan to introduce legislation that would require their state's Electoral College voters cast ballots for the presidential candidate who earns the most votes nationwide, regardless of the statewide results.

"Every vote in this country should have equal weight. The Electoral College is a relic of a bygone era, and we need to change this system," said Connecticut state Sen. Mae Flexer, who filed a bill with several fellow Democrats requiring Connecticut to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

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[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

First time a states EC votes go against the state's results will be the end of this nonsense.

[Doug Loss]

All these National Popular Vote laws in whatever states are facially unconstitutional in that they're an interstate compact, which is specifically forbidden unless approved by Congress, which this one hasn't been.

[Free Vulcan]

I'll consider it when the Dems dump their primary superdelegate system.

[libertybele]

Each state has their own voting rules and each party has their own set of voting rules; however, they must be consistent with Federal law and the Constitution.  Low information voters don't have a clue and the MSM and the DEMS continue to feed into their ignorance.