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Abigail Spanberger signed HB965 into law handing the states electoral votes to the national popular
mystery-ak:
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https://twitter.com/draloneboy/status/2053852948275327302
Free Vulcan:
Has this been challenged for constitutionality? It disenfranchises electors and the voters both.
That said, didn't Trump with the popular vote?
Cyber Liberty:
--- Quote from: Free Vulcan on Monday, May 11, 2026 03:21 pm ---Has this been challenged for constitutionality? It disenfranchises electors and the voters both.
That said, didn't Trump with the popular vote?
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It's not "ripe" until the required number of states pass it to get to 270 Electoral Votes. I would think SCOTUS would stomp this like a bug. The EC is specified clearly in the US Constitution, and there is a clause that prohibits Compacts between the Several States.
Free Vulcan:
--- Quote from: Cyber Liberty on Monday, May 11, 2026 03:51 pm ---It's not "ripe" until the required number of states pass it to get to 270 Electoral Votes. I would think SCOTUS would stomp this like a bug. The EC is specified clearly in the US Constitution, and there is a clause that prohibits Compacts between the Several States.
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That's right, I forget that. At least it's dead till some more States jump on.
Hoodat:
--- Quote from: Free Vulcan on Monday, May 11, 2026 03:21 pm ---Has this been challenged for constitutionality? It disenfranchises electors and the voters both.
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There is no Constitutional prohibition against disenfranchisement in a Presidential election. Voting is a privilege granted to you by States, not a federal right. However, there is a penalty for it in Amendment XIV. So the Constitutional challenge would be this. By handing the election of state electors over to the entire country, a State will have effectively diluted the voting power of each of its citizens (i.e. partial disenfranchisement). And according to the 14th Amendment, their representation in Congress should be reduced accordingly. So Virginia's representation in Congress would be reduced from 11 seats down to 1.
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