- Sep 13, 2012
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We got the most votes in the States that counted.
"states that counted" according to who? You mean the current abhorrent misinterpretation of the Constitution? The Founding Fathers never intended for vote totals in the states to override the overall will of the American people, which in 2016 is Hillary Clinton.
Feel free to quote the Article and Section that says anything close to that.
BTW the founders gave the States the right to dissolve the union if they chose to.
The electoral college was meant to be a safety valve to protect from a mad man (like Trump), nothing more. There is nothing in the Constitution that states that the vote totals of the individual states is more meaningful than the total popular vote.
The national popular vote (the equivalent of a fucking unicorn and fairy dust) isn't even mentioned in the Constitution.
And there is also nothing in the Constitution about the vote totals in the individual states deciding the election, either. The electoral college voters from each state are allowed to vote for whoever they please, according to the Constitution. As I stated, the main function of the electoral college was to protect a young democracy from making a huge mistake.
Instead, we are now an old democracy making a disastrous mistake with Trump.
The State legislatures with the exception of two, chose to use the popular vote within the state to chose their electors. One uses proportional the other uses congressional districts. My bold.
Article 2, Section 1, Clauses 2 and 3
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Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
AMENDMENT XXIV - Passed by Congress August 27, 1962. Ratified January 23, 1964.
Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax.
Section 2.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
You were saying shit for brains?