Kosh
Quick Look Over There!
This is why I said the federal government cannot force the states to do this; that they each have to choose to do this on their own.The U.S. Constitution says "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors . . ."As the entire idea is based on a false premise, I don't see it happening -- just saying that the states -can- choose to adopt this method for choosing their electors.
The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly characterized the authority of the state legislatures over the manner of awarding their electoral votes as "plenary" and "exclusive."
The entire idea is based on a false premise - funny how you refuse to address this.
The federal government has nothing to do with the National Popular Vote bill.
States are enacting the National Popular Vote bill.
The electoral college does not affect state elections only national presidential elections..
Just because someone may win the popular vote does not mean they have to give their electoral votes to that person..
Presidential elections are 51 (50 states + DC) separate elections.
States enacting the National Popular Vote bill are agreeing to award their Electoral College votes to the person who wins the national popular vote.
The "electoral college" is part of the Constitution.
The amendment in the Constitution would have to be repealed.
Note: Although the United States Constitution refers to "Electors" and "electors", neither the phrase "Electoral College" nor any other name is used to describe the electors collectively. It was not until the early 19th century that the name "Electoral College" came into general usage as the collective designation for the electors selected to cast votes for President and Vice President. It was first written into federal law in 1845 and today the term appears in 3 U.S.C. Ā§ 4, in the section heading and in the text as "college of electors."
The electoral college was designed to handle more than the two party system we have now.
Even bill Clinton did not get 50% of the votes in 1996 elections.
So do you want to be like many European nations that have multiple parties and the 13% gets to speak for 100% of the people?